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fuzzy

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fuzz·y  (fz)
adj. fuzz·i·er, fuzz·i·est
1. Covered with fuzz.
2. Of or resembling fuzz.
3. Not clear; indistinct: a fuzzy recollection of past events.
4. Not coherent; confused: a fuzzy plan of action.

[Perhaps from Low German fussig, spongy; see p- in Indo-European roots.]

fuzzi·ly adv.
fuzzi·ness n.

fuzzy
Adjective
[fuzzier, fuzziest]
1. of, like, or covered with fuzz
2. unclear, blurred, or distorted: some fuzzy pictures from a Russian radar probe
3. (of hair) tightly curled
fuzzily adv
fuzziness n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.fuzzy - covering with fine light hairs; "his head fuzzed like a dandelion gone to seed"
haired, hairy, hirsute - having or covered with hair; "Jacob was a hairy man"; "a hairy caterpillar"
2.fuzzy - indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes"
indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do"
3.fuzzy - confused and not coherent; not clearly thought out; "a vague and fuzzy idea of the world of finance"
incoherent - without logical or meaningful connection; "a turgid incoherent presentation"

fuzzy
adjective 1. frizzy, fluffy, woolly, downy, flossy, down-covered, linty, napped
adjective 2. indistinct, faint, blurred, vague, distorted, unclear, shadowy, bleary, unfocused, out of focus, ill-defined << OPPOSITE distinct
Translations
Spanish fuzzy [ˈfʌzɪ] adj (PHOT) → borroso; [hair] → muy rizado
French fuzzy [ˈfʌzɪ] adj (Phot) → flou(e); [hair] → crépu(e)
German fuzzy [ˈfʌzɪ] adjverschwommen;
(hair) → kraus;
(thoughts) → verworren

Italian fuzzy [ˈfʌzɪ] adj (PHOT) → indistinto/a, sfocato/a; [hair] → crespo/a

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The open window looked out upon a sloping lawn, well trimmed and pleasant, with fuzzy rosebushes and a star-shaped bed of sweet-william.
the mother shook her fuzzy head at them and appalled them with curses.
Glegg had doubtless the glossiest and crispest brown curls in her drawers, as well as curls in various degrees of fuzzy laxness; but to look out on the week-day world from under a crisp and glossy front would be to introduce a most dreamlike and unpleasant confusion between the sacred and the secular.
 
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