Synonyms for fuzziness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : fuhz-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʌz i

Définition of fuzziness

Origin : 1610s, "soft, spongy," from fuzz + -y (2). Cf. Low German fussig "weak, loose, spongy," Dutch voos "spongy." From 1713 as "covered with fuzz;" 1778 as "blurred;" and 1937 as "imprecise," with reference to thought, etc. Related: Fuzzily; fuzziness.

As in obscurity : noun vagueness
As in namelessness : noun obscurity

Example sentences :

Abruptly, both he and his wife were aware of a fuzziness in their thoughts and senses.
Extract from : « Final Weapon » by Everett B. Cole

Note the fuzziness of the body and the "dust" which covers the wings.
Extract from : « A Guide for the Study of Animals » by Worrallo Whitney

She disliked the blurred outlines of fatness and fuzziness and fluffiness.
Extract from : « The Tree of Heaven » by May Sinclair

I have tired myself out with reading, and the fuzziness of my unsleeping brain makes for melancholy.
Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London

He had gone back to his former state of fuzziness, and looked more like Rip van Winkle than ever.
Extract from : « Our Elizabeth » by Florence A. Kilpatrick

The portrait was remarkable for that fuzziness of outline which seems to be inevitable in enlarged photographs.
Extract from : « General John Regan » by George A. Birmingham

Perhaps the winds of the mountain being stronger, the fuzziness of his thought would be blown away?
Extract from : « Eight Keys to Eden » by Mark Irvin Clifton

They would stand out solid from the fluffiness and fuzziness and fatness of the others.
Extract from : « The Tree of Heaven » by May Sinclair

The fuzziness could only result from the Fleury's being removed hyperspatially from that vicinity.
Extract from : « Spillthrough » by Daniel F. Galouye

Antonyms for fuzziness

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