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fuzzy
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Not firmly woven; that ravels. [1913 Webster]
- Furnished with fuzz; having fuzz; like fuzz; as, the fuzzy skin of a peach. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fuzzy, adj. (fuzzier, fuzziest)
1 a like fuzz. b frayed, fluffy. c frizzy.
2 blurred, indistinct.
1 a like fuzz. b frayed, fluffy. c frizzy.
2 blurred, indistinct.
Idiom
fuzzy-wuzzy (pl. -ies) offens.
1 colloq. hist. a Sudanese soldier.
2 sl. a Coloured native of any country.
1 colloq. hist. a Sudanese soldier.
2 sl. a Coloured native of any country.
Derivative
fuzzily adv. fuzziness n.
THESAURUS
fuzzy
aleatoric, aleatory, amorphic, amorphous, anarchic, attenuate, attenuated, baggy, blear, bleared, bleary, blind, blobby, blurred, blurry, bristly, broad, bushy, chance, chancy, chaotic, characterless, cirrose, clear as mud, cloudy, confused, dainty, dark, delicate, dim, disordered, disorderly, distorted, downy, faint, feathery, featureless, feeble, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained, finespun, fleecy, flocculent, flossy, fluffy, foggy, formless, frizzy, furry, gauzy, general, gossamer, gossamery, hairy, half-seen, half-visible, hazy, hirsute, hispid, hit-or-miss, ill-defined, imprecise, inaccurate, inchoate, incoherent, inconspicuous, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indeterminable, indeterminate, indistinct, indistinguishable, inexact, inform, kaleidoscopic, lanate, lax, loose, low-profile, lumpen, matted, merely glimpsed, misty, muddy, murky, nappy, nebulous, nondescript, nonspecific, obscure, opaque, orderless, out of focus, pale, peachy, pilose, pinnate, pubescent, random, refined, satin, satiny, semivisible, shadowed forth, shadowy, shagged, shaggy, shapeless, silky, smooth, stochastic, sweeping, thin-spun, transcendent, uncertain, unclear, undefined, undestined, undetermined, unordered, unorganized, unplain, unrecognizable, unshorn, unspecified, vague, veiled, velutinous, velvety, weak, wiredrawn, woollyROGET THESAURUS
fuzzy
Invisibility
N invisibility, invisibleness, nonappearance, imperceptibility, indistinctness, mystery, delitescence, concealment, latency, invisible, imperceptible, undiscernible, indiscernible, unapparent, non-apparent, out of sight, not in sight, a perte de vue, behind the scenes, behind the curtain, viewless, sightless, inconspicuous, unconspicuous, unseen &c (see), covert, eclipsed, under an eclipse, dim, mysterious, dark, obscure, confused, indistinct, indistinguishable, shadowy, indefinite, undefined, ill- defined, ill-marked, blurred, fuzzy, out of focus, misty, delitescent, hidden, obscured, covered, veiled (concealed), full many a flower is born to blush unseen.For further exploring for "fuzzy" in Webster Dictionary Online