fuzzy

[ fuhz-ee ]

/ ˈfʌz i /

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adjective, fuzz·i·er, fuzz·i·est.

of the nature of or resembling fuzz: a soft, fuzzy material.

covered with fuzz: a plant with broad, fuzzy leaves.

indistinct; blurred: A fuzzy photograph usually means you jiggled the camera.

muddleheaded or incoherent: a fuzzy thinker; to become fuzzy after one drink.

OTHER WORDS FOR fuzzy

3 hazy, vague, unclear, foggy.

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Origin of fuzzy

First recorded in 1590–1600; fuzz¹ + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM fuzzy

fuzz·i·ly, adverbfuzz·i·ness, noun

Words nearby fuzzy

fuzz, fuzzball, fuzz box, Fuzzbuster, fuzz tone, fuzzy, fuzzy-headed, fuzzy logic, fuzzy set, fuzzy-wuzzy, fuzzy-wuzzy angel

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How to use fuzzy in a sentence

Often these are fuzzy, tepid commitments unlikely to achieve much beyond a few headlines and the odd like.
‘Clearly underinvesting’: Some of the world’s biggest marketers pledge to direct more media dollars to minority-owned business|Seb Joseph|October 23, 2020|Digiday
Now all you need is a glass of hot chocolate and some movies to make you feel all warm and fuzzy.
Space heaters to help you stay toasty|PopSci Commerce Team|October 5, 2020|Popular-Science
Platforms’ self-serving transparency remains a much complained about facet of how these giants currently operate — making efforts to hold them accountable over things like content take-down performance doomed to fuzzy failure.
Europe eyeing limits on how big tech can use data and bundle apps — reports|Natasha Lomas|September 30, 2020|TechCrunch
There were water shrews, with long tails and fuzzy feet for paddling.
How to hunt for star-nosed moles (and their holes)|Kenneth Catania|September 15, 2020|Popular-Science

A good leader doesn’t tolerate fuzzy, pretentious words, but rather insists their team use plain language.
The business advice Socrates would give if he wrote a management book today|jakemeth|August 25, 2020|Fortune
Some of the video was crystal clear, but in other footage the figures were just fuzzy shadows in black and white.
Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How can a chilled, acidic, and bubbly liquid make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside?
Champagne: You’re Drinking It All Wrong|Kayleigh Kulp|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Their products are chosen by online votes which brings home a kind of warm and fuzzy “we all did this!”
One of a Kind Gifts Are Only a Neighbor Away|Lawrence Ferber|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Uber pridefully wears its evil reputation the way other on-demand ride-sharing services wear fuzzy pink mustaches.
The Ten Worst Uber Horror Stories|Olivia Nuzzi|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Though the math gets a little fuzzy from here, Mayo Shattuck divorced his wife of almost 20 years, Jennifer, in 1995.
From Baltimore Ravens Cheerleader to Mrs. Robinson|Brandy Zadrozny|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He washed Lovin Child's clothes, even to the red sweater suit and the fuzzy red "bunny" cap.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower
A soft fog of snow makes fuzzy smears of the pinwheels, of the children racing, sparklers in both hands, across the frozen lawn.
The Great Potlatch Riots|Allen Kim Lang
He was small and chunky in build, and nervous in his mind, and had red fuzzy hair that stuck up around his head like an aureole.
The Belted Seas|Arthur Colton
A fat little rascal, with a bobbing fuzzy poll and squirming limbs.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell
Then he'd hurry ashore over his plank bridge and collect snails and fuzzy worms and similar crawlers by the tide mark.
Where the Pavement Ends|John Russell

British Dictionary definitions for fuzzy

fuzzy

/ (ˈfʌzɪ) /

adjective fuzzier or fuzziest

of, resembling, or covered with fuzz

indistinct; unclear or distorted

not clearly thought out or expressed

(of the hair) tightly curled or very wavy

maths of or relating to a form of set theory in which set membership depends on a likelihood functionfuzzy set; fuzzy logic

(of a computer program or system) designed to operate according to the principles of fuzzy logic, so as to be able to deal with data which is imprecise or has uncertain boundaries

Derived forms of fuzzy

fuzzily, adverbfuzziness, noun

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