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fuzz

fuzz

4 6.4
A feeling of not seeing or remembering things clearly
  • noun
  • /fʌz/
translation icon : borrosidad
  • But eventually, having developed techniques to mask the light, astrophysicists were able to detect fuzz surrounding some of the dimmer quasars.
  • brain fuzz
  • a faint fuzz
  • a round gray fuzz

Such as plus there's there's like the the constant fuzz, like the really loud, like the yeah, the audio mess up.

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Examples

  • What's all the fuzz about?

  • Murphy hears radio fuzz, echoes of words.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Well, you know, there is some fuzz.

  • Remember all the fuzz about the year 2000?

    Blog text (11)
  • I can hear his breath, see the faint fuzz on his cheeks.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Bad Belly's thoughts remained disjointed, his head muddled with fuzz like cattail down.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • The music is blistering and chaotic, with wonderfully heavy fuzz from down-tuned guitars and pounding drumbeats.

    Blog text (32)
  • The photograph was full of fuzz, making it hard to see the details clearly.

  • After a long day, she felt a fuzz in her thoughts, struggling to concentrate on the task.

  • There was a slight fuzz around the edges of the image, indicating it was out of focus.

Synonyms

blur
vsfuzz
146 4.2

A hazy image or memory that is hard to see clearly

focuses on general indistinctness rather than precise visual fault
fog
vsfuzz
53 6.0

A state of confusion that makes it hard to think clearly

is not only mental but also applies to unclear appearance
haze
vsfuzz
16 6.2

A state of confusion when your thoughts feel unclear

also applies to visual haziness not only thought
blurriness
vsfuzz
2 4.5

A lack of clear detail in what you see or in a picture

applies more widely to both visual and mental indistinctness
fuzziness
vsfuzz
2 5.8

A blurry picture or idea hard to see and understand

is the general term for unclear appearance or unclear thought
fogginess
vsfuzz
1 4.4

A feeling of being confused and slow to think

is used casually for both mental and visual lack of clarity
unsharpness
vsfuzz
6.7

Lack of clear detail that makes pictures or thoughts hard to understand

also covers unclear thinking or vague perceptions beyond images
furriness
vsfuzz
5.4

A soft, blurred effect in a picture or recording that makes details unclear

is broader covering unclear appearance or vague mental states

A feeling of confusion that makes it hard to think clearly

is broader extending also to vague looks or blurred sights
gauziness
vsfuzz
8.2

A vague, blurry quality that makes things hard to see or remember

is a less literary term for the same unclear detail

Antonyms

30 2.7

How easy it is to see through something like clean water

5 3.2

How clear and detailed an image or sound appears

Compounds

3 4.6

Very fine soft hair on a person's face or body

How Fuzzy

obscurity
5 7.4
to haze
1 4.7
fuzz
4 6.4
blur
146 4.2
clarity
152 3.0

Surface Forms

fuzz singular
fuzzes plural

Etymology

Fuzz meaning something unclear comes from the image of soft hair or cloth that hides detail, like a 'fuzzy' picture. So when things are a fuzz they are hazy, blurred, or hard to see or remember.