EGAVE

fuzzy

About 5.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.
  2. adjective Vague or imprecise.
    My recollection of that event is fuzzy.
  3. adjective Not clear; unfocused.
    I finally threw out a large stack of fuzzy photos.
  4. adjective Warm and comforting; affectionate.
  5. adjective Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.
  6. noun A very small piece of plush material such as lint.
    You've got a fuzzy on your coat.
  7. noun Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy.
  8. noun A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering.

Similar words

hairy hirsute foggy hazy muzzy blurred blurry indistinct bleary fuzzed

Often followed by

logic sets set systems and control rules rule controller

Word family

fuzzier fuzziest fuzzily fuzziness fuzzinesses

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