fuzzy
UK/ˈfʌzi/
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Northern England/ˈfʊzi/
fuzzy adjective: covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.
Adjective
fuzzy (comparative fuzzier, superlative fuzziest)
- Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.
- Vague or imprecise.
- My recollection of that event is fuzzy.
- In particular, a very crisp quantifier such as “for all,” “there exists,” “at least 50 percent” tend to have less disperse weighting vectors while fuzzier quantifiers such as many tend to have a more disperse weighting vector.2014, Didier J. Dubois, Readings in Fuzzy Sets for Intelligent Systems, page 85
- Synonyms:
- ambiguous, equivocal, generic, gray, imperspicuous, imprecise, indeterminate, indefinite, indistinct, murky
- Not clear; unfocused.
- I finally threw out a large stack of fuzzy photos.
- Synonyms:
- blurry, ill-defined, dim, distant, hazy, ill-marked, indefinite, indistinct, indistinguishable, muzzy
- Warm and comforting; affectionate.
- Cooper has a strong sense of Welsh place; she has also a strong sense of the responsibilities of belonging. To belong is not merely a nice, fuzzy feeling; rather it means that there are grave duties to perform and serious moral battles to be fought […].1996, Kath Filmer-Davies, “Belonging and the Right of Possession”, in Fantasy Fiction and Welsh Myth, →ISBN, page 110
- It had been a long time since anyone had sent her a gift, […]. And it was a long time since anything she'd received from someone had made her feel that fuzzy inside.2025, Kit Meredith, An Extraordinary Passion, →ISBN
- Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.
Noun
fuzzy (plural fuzzies)
- A very small piece of plush material such as lint.
- You've got a fuzzy on your coat.
- Something covered with fuzz or hair, as an animal or plush toy.
- If you don't yet have a ferret, this book can help you decide whether a fuzzy is for you.2000, Kim Schilling, Ferrets for Dummies, New York: Wiley, →ISBN, page 1
- A person, especially a college student, interested in humanities or social sciences, as opposed to one interested in mathematics, science, or engineering.
- A "fuzzy" on the other hand is a "people person," — someone who prefers studying the humanities or social sciences, someone who sees the world in broad contextual terms.2010, Donald Barr, Questioning the Premedical Paradigm […] , Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 2
- If you majored in the humanities or social sciences, you were a fuzzy, and if you majored in engineering or computer science, you were a techie.2017, Scott Hartley, The Fuzzy and the Techie […] , Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN
- A soldier with the rank of private.
- A police officer.
fuzzy meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
fuzzy in Marathi
- फझी
fuzzy in Urdu
- دھندلا
fuzzy in Bengali
- ঝাপসা, অস্পষ্ট, মিহি গুঁড়ায় পূর্ণ, মিহি আঁশে পূর্ণ
fuzzy in Malayalam
- fluffy, frizzy, woolly
- ചെറുരോമങ്ങൾ നിറഞ്ഞ, മൃദുരോമം പോലുള്ള, ചുരുളൻ, ചരുണ്ട, കുരുളായ, കമ്പിളിനാരുപോലെ ചുരുണ്ട
- indistinct, blurry, blurred
- അവ്യക്തമായ, അസ്പഷ്ടമായ, അവ്യക്തതയുള്ള, വ്യക്തതയില്ലാത്ത, അസ്ഫുടമായ, വേർതിരിച്ചറിയാൻ പറ്റാത്ത
- muddled, confused, addled
- ചിന്താക്കുഴപ്പമുള്ള, മനസ്സുകുഴങ്ങിയ, കുഴഞ്ഞ, സംഭ്രാന്തം, ആശയക്കുഴപ്പത്തിൽ പെട്ട, ബുദ്ധികുഴങ്ങിയ
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- fuzzy in Kannada
- ಜಾಳುಜಾಳಾದ, ಎಳೆ ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡ, ದಾರ ಬಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಂಡ, ಅಸ್ಪಷ್ಟವಾದ
Examples of fuzzy in a sentence
- Fuzzy videotapes and distorted sound recordings are not concrete evidence that Bigfoot exists.
- I suppose they are a reputable business, but I didn't get a warm fuzzy from their salesman.
- If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set.
Synonyms of fuzzy
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Forms of fuzzy
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | fuzzier |
| superlative | fuzziest |
| Noun | |
| plural | fuzzies |
Origin of fuzzy
Uncertain. Apparently from fuzz + -y, though some sources suggest that fuzz derives from fuzzy. Compare fozy, or Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”).
Words formed from fuzzy
- fuzzification
- fuzzified
- fuzzify
- fuzzily
- fuzziness
- fuzzy-ball
- fuzzy concept
- fuzzy control
- fuzzy controller
- fuzzy dark matter
- fuzzy dice
- fuzzy die
- fuzzy duck
- fuzzy end of the lollipop
- fuzzy-guzzy
- fuzzyheaded
- fuzzy-headed
- fuzzyism
- fuzzy logic
- fuzzy math
- fuzzy mathematics
- fuzzy measure
- fuzzy melon
- fuzzy-minded
- fuzzy navel
- fuzzy over
- fuzzy relation
- fuzzy search
- fuzzy set
- fuzzy-wuzzy
- fuzzy wuzzy
- L-fuzzy
- neurofuzzy
- nonfuzzy
- scuzzy
- unfuzzy
- warm fuzzy
Phrases with fuzzy
Words that rhyme with fuzzy
Questions about fuzzy
- What does fuzzy mean?
- Fuzzy means covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.
- What is fuzzy in Marathi?
- Fuzzy in Marathi is फझी. See Fuzzy meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is fuzzy?
- Fuzzy can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce fuzzy?
- Fuzzy is pronounced /ˈfʌzi/ (UK).
Words near fuzzy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fuzzy (page history and authors); fuzzy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fuzzy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fuzzy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fuzzy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); fuzzy (Kannada 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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