MUZZY DEFINITIONS - 7 definitions found
muzzy adj 1: indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" [syn: bleary, blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, muzzy] 2: confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" [syn: addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) muzzy adjective (muzzier; -est) Etymology: perhaps blend of muddled and fuzzy Date: circa 1728 1. a. deficient in brightness ; dull, gloomy <a muzzy day> b. lacking in clarity and precision <his conclusions can be muzzy and naive — Times Literary Supplement> 2. muddled or confused in mind • muzzily adverb • muzziness noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary muzzy 1. If someone feels muzzy, they are confused and unable to think clearly, usually because they are ill or have drunk too much alcohol. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) = groggy ADJ 2. If a photograph or television picture is muzzy, it is unclear. (mainly BRIT INFORMAL) = fuzzy ADJ English Explanatory Dictionary muzzy ˈmʌzɪ adj. (muzzier, muzziest) 1 a mentally hazy; dull, spiritless. b stupid from drinking alcohol. 2 blurred, indistinct. øømuzzily adv. muzziness n. [18th c.: orig. unkn.] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Muzzy \Muz"zy\, a. [Cf. F. muse.] Absent-minded; dazed; muddled; stupid. The whole company stared at me with a whimsical, muzzy look, like men whose senses were a little obfuscated by beer rather then wine. --W. Irving. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 92 Moby Thesaurus words for "muzzy": addlebrained, addled, addleheaded, addlepated, afflicted, beclouded, befuddled, bent, blear-witted, blurred, boiled, bombed, boozy, breathy, canned, choked, choking, cloudy, cockeyed, cockeyed drunk, croaking, crocked, crocko, dizzy, drawling, drawly, dysphonic, elevated, fogged, foggy, fried, fuddlebrained, fuddled, guttural, half-seas over, harsh, hawking, hazy, high, hoarse, illuminated, in a fog, in a muddle, inarticulate, indistinct, lisping, lit, lit up, loaded, lubricated, lushy, mispronounced, misted, misty, muddled, muddleheaded, muddybrained, nasal, oiled, organized, pickled, pie-eyed, pissed, pissy-eyed, plastered, polluted, potted, puzzleheaded, quavering, raddled, scramblebrained, shaking, shaky, shellacked, skunk-drunk, smashed, snuffling, soaked, soused, squiffy, stewed, stifled, stinko, strangled, swacked, tanked, thick, throaty, tight, tremulous, twangy, velar |
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