Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hair_shirt

1 sense of hair shirt

Sense 1
hair shirt -- (an uncomfortable shirt made of coarse animal hair; worn next to the skin as a penance)
       => shirt -- (a garment worn on the upper half of the body)

Similarity of adj hair_shirt

1 sense of hair-shirt

Sense 1
hair-shirt, hair-shirted -- (self-sacrificing or austere)