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🧶 Covered with fuzz 🧠 Strongly influenced
pilled

pilled

7.0
Cloth that has small fuzzy balls on the surface made by rubbing
  • adjective
  • /pɪld/
translation icon : con bolitas
  • He wore a pilled sweater that had lost its softness over time.

Examples

  • She has on red high-top sneakers, jeans that sag in the ass, and a pilled blue sweater that used to be yours.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • The couch was covered in a pilled fabric that needed replacing for a fresh look.

  • It feels really plush, nice and soft to the touch feels luxurious and yes, this doesn't pill it's pill resistant and it's polyester free, so no scratchiness even after washing.

  • After several washes, the once smooth fabric became pilled and uncomfortable to wear.

Synonyms

linty
vspilled
1 4.6

Covered with small bits of fluff from cloth

is composed of tangled fuzzy balls formed by wear not loose fibers
nubbled
vspilled
9.1

A surface with small raised bumps like a rough sweater

is made of fuzzy balls formed by friction on fabric

Antonyms

smooth
256 1.0

A surface that is even and not rough

unblemished
7 5.1

Free from any marks, damage, or bad actions

How Worn

threadbare
7 6.6
worn
4 2.1
pilled
7.0
used
1.0
new
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

pilled positive

Morphology

pilled = pill (transparent) = pill + ed

The adjective is formed from the noun 'pill' with the regular '-ed' participial/adjectival marking meaning 'having pills', which a learner who knows 'pill' and '-ed' can infer.

Etymology

Pilled comes from the word pill, which names the tiny balls of fuzz that form on cloth and look like small 'pills'. So when a sweater is pilled it is covered with these fuzzy balls and looks worn.