Antonyms for fuzzy


Grammar : Adj
Spell : fuhz-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʌz i


Definition of fuzzy

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.
  • adj fluffy
  • adj out of focus
Example sentences :
  • She regarded the fuzzy yellow thing with a curious expression.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Perhaps the tape was fuzzy or it may have been fogged in transit by radiation.
  • Extract from : « Mezzerow Loves Company » by Floyd L. Wallace
  • Most of it is turgid, lumpy, fuzzy in texture, squalid in intellect.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley
  • At times, so fuzzy do I get from so much reading, that I am glad for any diversion.
  • Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London
  • His vision was fuzzy, but there was no mistaking the image before him.
  • Extract from : « The Memory of Mars » by Raymond F. Jones
  • Fuzzy laughed a gurgling, insolent, alcoholic laugh in his face.
  • Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry
  • Fuzzy was admitted into a great hall, dim with the glow from unseen lights.
  • Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry
  • Fuzzy raised his voice and sent it through the house unpleasantly.
  • Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry
  • Fuzzy didn't understand that; he remembered nothing about a doll.
  • Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry
  • Fuzzy, in a pitched battle, could have eaten the three of them.
  • Extract from : « Strictly Business » by O. Henry

Synonyms for fuzzy

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