hairy-chested

adjective

Definition of hairy-chestednext
as in hypermasculine

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hairy-chested
  1. hypermasculine
  2. macho
  3. male
  4. masculine
  5. virile
  6. manly
Adjective
  • Laurie rejects the hypermasculine traits his grandfather enforces in favor of becoming one of the March girls, a radical concept for the time.
    Ivelisse Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2024
  • There are too many fans ogling rappers as racist, hypermasculine caricatures who don’t consider the anti-Blackness in demanding artists to live their raps at the expense of their life or freedom.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
Definition of hypermasculine
Adjective
  • Back before the infamous 2018 cheating scandal, the macho Australian team would puff their chests out and proclaim series whitewashes among other boasts.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Today’s American dream tends to involve virtual pursuits—influencing, making a killer app, getting lucky with crypto—but the gladiatorial ring is a macho, meat-space proving ground.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of macho
Adjective
  • One male student in the video claims to have taken multiple in one night.
    Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2024
  • And gaps in representation remain — particularly in stories about male body image and eating disorders.
    Allen Zadoff, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of male
Adjective
  • Her observations as a woman once romantically involved with the two of them at the same time, confirm their masculine inability to speak their feelings out loud unless they are veiled in mournful songs.
    Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Having used vivid Viking warrior imagery in the past to express its heritage—Orkney was once a powerful seat in the Norse Empire—Highland Park has moved away from this somewhat dark and masculine take to reveal its softer side.
    Kevin Rozario, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of masculine
Adjective
  • As Henry, Damien Lewis is especially virile if privately conflicted and a sentimental drunk.
    Elle Carroll, Vulture, 18 June 2024
  • Pitt’s sculpted physique remains a fitness ideal, and his virile performance is worshiped by pickup artists and incels.
    Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of virile
Adjective
  • The Founding Fathers wanted to civilize a country made up of institutional racists, rabid misogynists and bible-thumping Christians who soon added myths of manly gunslingers and stalwart pioneers to the cultural identity.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Brookfield 7-0 206 T7 M KNOW THIS: The Bobcats, bless their hearts, are committed to the manly discipline of the running arts.
    Ned Griffen, Hartford Courant, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of manly
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