hooded

adjective

hood·​ed ˈhu̇-dəd 

1

: having a hood

2

: shaped like a hood

hooded spathes

3

a

: having the head conspicuously different in color from the rest of the body

hooded bird

b

: having a crest on the head that suggests a hood

hooded seals

c

: having the skin at each side of the neck capable of expansion by movements of the ribs

a hooded cobra

4

: half-closed

hooded eyes

hoodedness noun

Examples of hooded in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

After all, Sutekh was also there on Christmas Eve 2004, tethered to the TARDIS, and was unable as anyone else to make out the hooded mother’s face. —Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 21 June 2024

There was a new oversize trenchcoat with a hooded detail, mesh dress and mini jacket dress that showed the brand’s heritage in tailoring and design. —Emily Mercer, WWD, 19 June 2024

Not quite an hour earlier, Clark was posing for her Billboard photo shoot in a hooded, ruffled cream mini-dress in front of a billowing blush-pink backdrop meant to evoke a different bit of human anatomy. —Joe Lynch, Billboard, 17 June 2024

The full look was styled meticulously with the hooded Dion Lee dress falling right above Stenberg’s black strappy Aquazzura heels. —Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 7 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1