What is another word for tresses?

Pronunciation: [tɹˈɛsɪz] (IPA)

Tresses, also known as hair, can be described using a variety of synonyms. Long locks, flowing mane, cascading strands, and silky fibers are just a few examples that can be used to describe the appearance of tresses. Other synonyms for tresses focus more on the texture of the hair, such as curly ringlets, kinky coils, and straight strands. When describing hair in a poetic or literary context, synonyms such as flowery tresses or golden locks are commonly used. Overall, there are numerous words and phrases that can be used to describe tresses, each with their own unique connotations and implications.

What are the hypernyms for Tresses?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Tresses

As the Judge had caught a glimpse of her drying her rather wiry gray tresses in the sunshine of a window, he was able to corroborate her statement; and Charlotte laughed as she gave orders for the preparation of the tray.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
Her eyes were still fixed on the world below her; the wind had dishevelled her long hair and the loosened tresses brushed Valentine's cheek.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
The bright morning sunshine gave her fresh hope and a sense of cheerfulness which she assumed with beating heart was due to the fact that Neil Harley was drawing nearer, and in this elated spirit she partook of breakfast, the two Malay girls laughing merrily and pausing to place some sweet-scented flowers in her tresses.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn

Famous quotes with Tresses

  • Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, if you have that, but learn to love what you have.
    Anita Baker
  • Here hyacinths of heavenly blue, shook their rich tresses to the morn.
    James Montgomery
  • Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land.
    Kit Williams
  • The whole fauna of human fantasies, their marine vegetation, drifts and luxuriates in the dimly lit zones of human activity, as though plaiting thick tresses of darkness. Here, too, appear the lighthouses of the mind, with their outward resemblance to less pure symbols. The gateway to mystery swings open at the touch of human weakness and we have entered the realms of darkness. One false step, one slurred syllable together reveal a man's thoughts.
    Louis Aragon
  • In the Roman de la Rose, we read of a dance, the name of which is not recorded, performed by two young women lightly clothed. The original reads, "Qui estoient en pure cottes, et tresses a menu tresse;" which Chaucer renders, "In kyrtels, and none other wede, and fayre ytressed every tresse." The French intimates that their hair was platted, or braided in small braids. The thin clothing, I suppose, was used then, as it is now upon like occasions, to show their persons to greater advantage. In their dancing they displayed a variety of singular attitudes; the one coming as it were privately to the other, and, when they were near together, in a playsome manner they turned their faces about, so that they seemed continually to kiss each other.
    Joseph Strutt

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