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warm fuzzy

warm fuzzy noun: a good impression; a feeling of comfort, happiness or trust.

Noun

warm fuzzy (plural warm fuzzies)

  1. (informal) A good impression; a feeling of comfort, happiness or trust.
    • I suppose they are a reputable business, but I didn't get a warm fuzzy from their salesman.
    • Nostalgia. Walks down memory lane fill me with warm fuzzies—right up there with a warm bubble bath and a good cup of café mocha.2005, Michelle Graham, “The Lie We Buy: Beauty and Culture”, in Wanting to Be Her: Body Image Secrets Victoria Won’t Tell You, Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, →ISBN, page 11
    Antonyms:
    cold prickly
  2. (derogatory, in plural, informal, often) A sense of accomplishment after performing an act.
    • John picks up litter in our neighborhood because it gives him warm fuzzies.

Antonyms of warm fuzzy

Forms of warm fuzzy

pluralwarm fuzzies

Origin of warm fuzzy

Coined by Claude Steiner in 1970 for his children's story A Warm Fuzzy Tale, where it is used in a technical sense to illustrate a concept, namely, positive stroke, that is used in a type of therapy called transactional analysis.

Questions about warm fuzzy

What does warm fuzzy mean?
Warm fuzzy means a good impression; a feeling of comfort, happiness or trust.
What part of speech is warm fuzzy?
Warm fuzzy is a noun.
What is the plural of warm fuzzy?
The plural of warm fuzzy is warm fuzzies.

Words near warm fuzzy in the dictionary

  1. warm dark matter
  2. warm down
  3. warm front
  4. warm fronts
  5. warm fuzzies
  6. warm fuzzy
  7. warm hatch
  8. warm hatches
  9. warm hearted
  10. warm hose
  11. warm hub

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