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hairline

[hair-lahyn] / ˈhɛərˌlaɪn /
ADJECTIVE
delicate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
delicious delightful elegant exquisite fragile gentle graceful mild rare soft subtle tender
WEAK
aerial balmy breakable choice delectable ethereal faint filmy fine fine-grained finespun flimsy fracturable frail frangible gauzy gossamery muted nice pale pastel recherché select shatterable shattery slight subdued superior
Antonyms
STRONGEST
callous crude firm hard harsh healthy horrible loud ordinary rough strong tough ugly unpleasant violent
WEAK
coarse healthful heavy imprecise indelicate indiscriminating inelegant insensitive robust uncareful uncritical unscrupulous
ADJECTIVE
fine
Synonyms
STRONGEST
delicate intelligent obscure pure refined sharp subtle
STRONG
acute clear hairsplitting keen minute nice petty quick sensitive sterling trifling
WEAK
abstruse critical cryptic distinct enigmatic esoteric fastidious fine-spun precise recondite strict tasteful tenuous unadulterated unpolluted
Antonyms
STRONGEST
forthright indefinite
STRONG
blunt dull imprecise
WEAK
coarse crude undiscriminating unrefined
ADJECTIVE
subtle
Synonyms
STRONGEST
exquisite faint indirect ingenious profound slight sophisticated understated
WEAK
attenuate attenuated deep discriminating ethereal fine finespun hairsplitting illusive implied inconspicuous indistinct inferred insinuated mental penetrating refined suggestive tenuous thin
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ignorant stupid
WEAK
forthright hard harsh honest noisy open unsubtle

Example Sentences

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With his weathered face and receding hairline, he did not stand out for his movie star looks but for the intensity and depth he brought to his craft.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Joseph’s look contrasts with the somewhat scruffy beard and receding hairline of the donor kneeling at the right.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Dr Farjo also warns that cheap, unregulated procedures, not only in Turkey, can sometimes lead to people needing "costly corrective surgery" to deal with scarring and "poor hairline design".

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

Before their 7-5, series-clinching win over the Giants, the Dodgers found out that catcher Will Smith is dealing with a hairline fracture in his right hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 21, 2025

Fred’s curls were dark around his hairline from sweat.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen