woolly

Meaning

Adj

1. Made of wool.
2. Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
3. (figuratively) Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
4. (obsolete) Clothed in wool.
5. (archaic, slang) Cross; irritable.

Noun

1. (informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool.
2. (US, slang) A sheep not yet shorn.
3. A piece of woolwork.

Noun

A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.

Synonyms

wooly

shaggy

fluffy

woollen

furry

fleecy

wooly

woolen

long-haired

bushy

tousled

hairy

woolly-haired

befuddled

fuzzy

wool

addled

wooly-haired

woolen

muddled

woollen

white crouds

wooly-minded

confused

😕

muzzy

flocculent

lanate

woolly-headed

pell-mell

perplexed

pullover

semiconscious

curly

silly

tangled

topsy-turvy

crisp

unkempt

confusing

woollen material

woollies

complicated

woolies

lanose

flocculated

flannel

fur

frizzy

furred

flaky

Translations

laineux

lanoso

lanoso

lanuto

lanoso

μάλλινος

wollig

llanós

yün gibi

di lana

wollig

wolachtig

yünlü

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈwʊli/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: wolly

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: wullich

Cognate with Dutch: wollig

Cognate with German: wollig

Cognate with Swedish: ullig

In summary

From Middle English wolly, equivalent to wool + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wullich (“woolly”), Dutch wollig (“woolly”), German wollig (“woolly”), Swedish ullig (“woolly”).