fuzzy

Meaning

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. Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.

Noun

1. A very small piece of plush material.
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.

Synonyms

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

spongy

tangled

thick

tomentose

topsy-turvy

unarticulated

unfocused

unkempt

wrinkled

squinty

tomentous

nebulose

addled

pilary

ambiguity

babble

befuddled

blabber

bloomed

blurring

burry

busy

cloudy

☁️

complicated

confused

😕

confusing

confusion

cottony

crinkly

dark

disorganised

dusty

equivocation

fizzy

fogging

foul

fouled

frayed

furred

fuzziness

garbled

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfʌzi/

Etymology

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