bearded

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adjective

beard·​ed ˈbir-dəd How to pronounce bearded (audio)
Synonyms of beardednext
: having a beard
a bearded man
beardedness noun

bearded

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past tense and past participle of beard entry 2

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Hull City Hull City 2 Manchester United 0 This wasn’t in the script — Manchester United comprehensively beaten by everyone’s favourites to go down and Oli McBurnie, Hull’s bearded genius, running the show. — Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Dory, who is the baby of her three-kid family, invents friends, villains and a bearded fairy godmother for company. — Liz Rosenberg, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2026 The live show’s audience, filled with women in floral maxidresses and bearded men who probably host their own podcasts, was more than ready for love and laughter. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 12 Aug. 2026 On June 16, 1989, a bearded 26-year-old stood before a quarter million Hungarians in Budapest and demanded that Soviet troops leave his country. — Julia R. Cartwright, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for bearded

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of bearded was before the 12th century

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