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Synonyms for fuzzy

Most common

grey UK vague hairy woolly blurry hazy

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

2. Blurry — not clear; unfocused

blurry, hazy, indistinct, ill-defined, foggy, blurred, bleary, dim, obscure, unfocused, muzzy UK, cloudy, faint, shadowy

Other

frizzy

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Vague or imprecise.

    My recollection of that event is fuzzy.

  2. adj. 2

    Not clear; unfocused.

    I finally threw out a large stack of fuzzy photos.

Example sentences

  • grey My friend disappeared like a grey mule in the fog.
  • vague I deal in facts and figures, not vague impressions.
  • hairy Dan once got bitten by one of his big hairy spiders.
  • woolly In winter, I always sleep with woolly socks on.
  • blurry This photo is too blurry. I can't make out your face.
  • hazy She felt weary and the world seemed a little hazy.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
fuzzyrising
greysteady
vaguesteady
hairysteady
woollysteady
blurryrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
dim1
4 letters
grey1, gray1, hazy2
5 letters
vague1, hairy2, faint1, giddy2, foggy2, murky2, nappy, downy2, wooly2, muzzy2
6 letters
fluffy2, cloudy2, blurry2, woolly2, frizzy, bleary2, woolie
7 letters
generic3, unclear2, obscure2, blurred1, shadowy3, hirsute2
8 letters
nebulous3
9 letters
uncertain3, ambiguous4, undefined3, imprecise3, pubescent, unfocused3, equivocal4
10 letters
indefinite4, incoherent4, indistinct3
13 letters
indeterminate5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hazy2 = 2 syllables).

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