fuzzy en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈfʊzi/ (Northern-England)
- /-zi/ (Scotland)
- /ˈfʌzi/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈfʌze/ (Scotland)
- (US) audio
- /-zɪ/ (Scotland)
Etymology
Uncertain. Apparently from fuzz + -y, though some sources suggest that fuzz derives from fuzzy. Compare fozy, or Low German fussig (“loose; spongy”).
Meanings
- Covered with fuzz or a large number of tiny loose fibres like a carpet or many stuffed animals.
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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:Trying to help a high school senior get into his dream school, Laurie Kopp Weingarten called the college to emphasize that the boy should be able to lay claim to the latest, and fuzziest, of all admissions hooks: being a first-generation student.
2017 March 11, Rochelle Sharpe, “Are You First Gen? Depends on Who’s Asking”, in The New York Times:
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Not clear; unfocused.
I finally threw out a large stack of fuzzy photos.
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Warm and comforting; affectionate.
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: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:
- Employing or relating to fuzzy logic.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fuzzier | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| fuzziest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
fuzzyism · warm fuzzy · fuzzified · fuzzy relation · fuzzy melon · fuzziness · fuzzy-guzzy · fuzzy end of the lollipop · fuzzy-headed · fuzzy math · fuzzy navel · fuzzy logic · fuzzy-minded · L-fuzzy · fuzzy wuzzy · fuzzy dice · fuzzyheaded · fuzzify · fuzzily · fuzzy mathematics · nonfuzzy · fuzzy-wuzzy · fuzzy-ball · fuzzy duck · fuzzy die · fuzzy over · fuzzy set · fuzzy controller · fuzzy search · fuzzy concept · fuzzification · fuzzy measure · fuzzy control · fuzzy dark matter · unfuzzy · scuzzy · neurofuzzy
Synonyms
indistinct · fuzzy · ill-defined · muzzy · undefinable · gray · generic · equivocal · imperspicuous · nebulous · equivocal · indefinite · vague · indefinite · vague · undefined · imprecise · blurry · obscure · hazy · undefined · ill-defined · indistinguishable · ambiguous · woolly · fuzzy · unclear · ambiguous · turbid · murky · dim · uncertain · indeterminate · ill-marked · distant · indistinct
Translations (111)
fr flou (vague or imprecise) · el θολός (vague or imprecise) · tr belirsiz (not clear; unfocused) · fi epäselvä (not clear; unfocused) · fi epäselvä (vague or imprecise) · bg пухен (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · de ungenau (vague or imprecise) · es desdibujado (not clear; unfocused) · ca borrós (vague or imprecise) · nn uklår (vague or imprecise) · mi pūrehurehu (not clear; unfocused) · bg мъхнат (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · sv suddig (not clear; unfocused) · es impreciso (vague or imprecise) · bg мъхест (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · pt desfocado (not clear; unfocused) · el ασαφής (vague or imprecise) · ru нечёткий (computing theory: employing fuzzy logic) · nn ullen (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · da håret (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · es borroso (not clear; unfocused) · fi sumea (not clear; unfocused) · de unscharf (not clear; unfocused) · mi pōrehurehu (not clear; unfocused) · gl borroso (not clear; unfocused) · mk вла́сест (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · el χνουδωτός (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · es desenfocado (not clear; unfocused) · ca borrós (not clear; unfocused) · es lanuginoso (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · da tåget (vague or imprecise) · de verschwommen (not clear; unfocused) · ga neamhbheacht (vague or imprecise) · tr tüylü (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · sv luddig (vague or imprecise) · fr confus (vague or imprecise) · gl felpudo (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · es afelpado (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · hu elmosódott (not clear; unfocused) · pl rozmyty (vague or imprecise) · el θαμπός (not clear; unfocused) · nn ullen (vague or imprecise) · sv otydlig (not clear; unfocused) · de diffus (not clear; unfocused) · es velludo (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · hu zavaros (vague or imprecise) · eo vila (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · sv dimmig (vague or imprecise) · bg неясен (vague or imprecise) · hu bolyhos (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · mk ма́глив (vague or imprecise) · yo bàìbàì (not clear; unfocused) · es desvaído (vague or imprecise) · nb uklar (vague or imprecise) · hu pontatlan (vague or imprecise) · mk не́јасен (vague or imprecise) · tr muğlak (not clear; unfocused) · el θαμπός (vague or imprecise) · nn uklar (not clear; unfocused) · mk не́јасен (not clear; unfocused) · el συγκεχυμένος (not clear; unfocused) · gl vago (vague or imprecise) · ru размытый (vague or imprecise) · ru пуши́стый (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · fr flou (not clear; unfocused) · fi samea (not clear; unfocused) · bg неясен (not clear; unfocused) · mi makaro (not clear; unfocused) · hu homályos (not clear; unfocused) · pl rozmyty (not clear; unfocused) · de vage (vague or imprecise) · de fusselig (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · nn uklar (vague or imprecise) · nb uklar (not clear; unfocused) · pt felpudo (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · pt impreciso (vague or imprecise) · hu homályos (vague or imprecise) · de flauschig (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · nb lodden (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · da sløret (not clear; unfocused) · da uklar (vague or imprecise) · hu szőrmók (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · ru нечёткий (vague or imprecise) · nb ullen (vague or imprecise) · ca borrós (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · da uklar (not clear; unfocused) · fi nukkainen (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · el θολός (not clear; unfocused) · bg размазан (not clear; unfocused) · mk ма́тен (vague or imprecise) · ru нерезкий (not clear; unfocused) · da dunet (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · gl impreciso (vague or imprecise) · da vag (vague or imprecise) · es vellido (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · pl nieścisły (vague or imprecise) · tr bulanık (not clear; unfocused) · ru мутный (vague or imprecise) · pt vago (vague or imprecise) · ru неясный (vague or imprecise) · fi sekava (vague or imprecise) · nb ullen (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · es felpudo (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · bg мътен (vague or imprecise) · da udvisket (not clear; unfocused) · es velloso (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · ru неточный (vague or imprecise) · ca arrissat (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · nn loden (covered with fuzz or loose fibres) · nn uklår (not clear; unfocused) · bg размит (computing theory: employing fuzzy logic)