US /ˌʌnˈʃeɪ.vən/ UK /ˌʌnˈʃeɪ.vən/
adj Freq #53543

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    not recently shaved, especially so that short facial hair is visible

    He arrived unshaven and travel-stained after spending the night on the train.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · not recently shaved,... stubblyunshaved
Opposites
clean-shavenshaved
Word family
Related forms shavestubblebeard

Etymology

Formed from un- ("not") + shaven, the old strong past participle of shave. Shaven survives especially in compounds and fixed descriptions such as clean-shaven and unshaven.

Topics

markdown

Send feedback

Optional — only if you'd like a reply.