furry
Syllables: fur·ry/ˈfɜː.ɹi/
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General South African/ˈføːɹiː/
furry adjective: covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.
Adjective
furry (comparative furrier, superlative furriest)
- Covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.
- His treatment of our furry friends was nothing short of appalling.
- There were certain cages you felt you had to pass on tiptoe, noting some aged Fellow whispering endearments into a snow-leopardess’s furry ear.1957 November 19, Peter Simple [pseudonym; Michael Wharton], “[Way of the World] End of the Affair”, in The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post, 4 a.m. edition, number 31,912, London, page 10, column 4
- Resembling or characteristic of fur.
- a furry texture
- a furry smell
- Of or related to the furry fandom, a subculture defined by an interest in anthropomorphic animal characters.
Noun
furry (plural furries)
- Someone who identifies with or as an animal character with human-like characteristics (an anthropomorphic animal character).
- Synonyms:
- fur
- An anthropomorphic animal character of this kind.
- What percentage of furries are wolves?
- Synonyms:
- anthro, fur, funny animal
- Any member of the furry fandom or subculture (including those without fursonas).
- The furry had designed an elaborate costume.
- Especially interesting in this regard are furries with more than one fursona. […] Consider, for instance, how Muse describes his two fursonas: My two current sonas are a bat and a rabbit.2020, Kathy Merlock Jackson, Kathy Shepherd Stolley, Lisa Lyon Payne, Animals and Ourselves: Essays on Connections and Blurred Boundaries, McFarland, →ISBN
Proper noun capitalized: Furry
Furry (plural Furrys)
- A surname.
furry meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Malayalam
furry in Hindi
- of or related to the furry fandom
- फ़री farī
- member of the furry fandom
- फ़री farī
furry in Tamil
- எரிச்சல்
furry in Marathi
- furry
- केसाळ kesāḷ
furry in Malayalam
- രോമത്തെ സംബന്ധിച്ച, മൃദുരോമുള്ള, രോമം നിറഞ്ഞ, രോമംപോലുള്ള
More languagesFewer languages
- furry in Arabic
- فَرْوِيّ farwiyy, مُفَرَّى mufarrā, فَرَوَانِيّ farawāniyy
- furry in Malay
- berbulu
Examples of furry in a sentence
- I keep getting recommended anti-furry content even though I'm a furry.
- I love all animals, specially cute furry ones.
- Asriel turned me from straight to bi and made me a furry with multiple goatsonas.
Synonyms of furry
Forms of furry
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | furrier |
| superlative | furriest |
| Noun | |
| plural | furries |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Furrys |
Origin of furry
From fur + -y.
Words formed from furry
Phrases with furry
Words that rhyme with furry
Questions about furry
- What does furry mean?
- Furry means covered with fur, or with something resembling fur.
- What is furry in Hindi?
- Furry in Hindi is फ़री (farī). See Furry meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is furry?
- Furry can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce furry?
- Furry is pronounced /ˈfɜː.ɹi/ (UK).
Words near furry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: furry (page history and authors); Furry (page history and authors); furry (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); केसाळ (Marathi) (page history and authors); furry (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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