fuzzy

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.
2. Vague or imprecise.
3. Not clear; unfocused.
4. Warm and comforting; affectionate.
5. Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.

Noun

1. (in-plural, often) A very small piece of plush material such as lint.
2. Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy.
3. (slang) A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering.
4. (slang) A soldier with the rank of private.
5. (slang) A police officer.

Concepts

flou

crépu

confus

😕

brumeux

frisotté

ridé

nébuleux

vaporeux

floue

Synonymes

blurred

fluffy

downy

indistinct

unclear

hazy

faint

vague

misty

hairy

foggy

🌁

blurry

woolly

shaggy

muzzy

ambiguous

bleary

dull

obscured

incoherent

indefinite

soft

blur

curly

dim

blear

fuzzed

obscure

groggy

imprecise

indeterminacy

indeterminate

indistinctness

inexplicit

in question

intangible

lackluster

lacklustre

muddied

muddy

mumble

obscuration

pell-mell

perplexed

pilous

plushy

puffy

scrubby

semiconscious

silly

Traductions

θαμπός

verschwommen

kraus

fusselig

confuso

😕

borrós

unscharf

crespo

velloso

flaumig

mistig

nevelig

🌁

ασαφής

θολός

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈfʌzi/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à bas-allemand: fussig

In summary

Uncertain. Apparently from fuzz + -y, though some sources suggest that fuzz derives from fuzzy. Compare fozy, or Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”).