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Woolly

/ˈwʊli/

A sweater or similar garment made of wool.

📖 Definitions of "Woolly"

noun

adjective

1
Made of wool.
"Put on a woolly jumper and turn down the thermostat."
2
Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
"There was nothing left in the fruit bowl but a brown banana and a couple of woolly pears."
3
(of thinking, principles, etc.) Based on emotions rather than logic.
"That's the sort of woolly thinking that causes wars to start."
4
Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.

13 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
befuddled	Confused or perplexed.
softnoun	Easily giving way under pressure.
confused	(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
addled	(figurative, of persons or their thoughts) Confused; mixed up.
muzzynoun	Bewildered; dazed.
muddled	Confused, disorganised, in disarray.
hirsutenoun	Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.
flocculent	Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
woolynoun	(American spelling) Alternative form of woolly. [Made of wool.]
hairy	(of a person) Having a lot of body hair.
lanate	Covered in or composed of woolly hairs.
woolly-headed	(possibly offensive) Synonym of fuzzy-headed: characterized by vague or confused thinking, dull-witted.
wooly-minded	Alternative spelling of woolly-minded.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
lanatenoun	Covered in or composed of woolly hairs.
flocculentnoun	Flocculated, resembling bits of wool; woolly.
wooly-minded	Alternative spelling of woolly-minded.
woolynoun	(American spelling) Alternative form of woolly. [Made of wool.]
woolly-headed	(possibly offensive) Synonym of fuzzy-headed: characterized by vague or confused thinking, dull-witted.
hairy	(of a person) Having a lot of body hair.
hirsutenoun	Covered in hair or bristles; hairy.
muzzynoun	Bewildered; dazed.
addled	(figurative, of persons or their thoughts) Confused; mixed up.
softnoun	Easily giving way under pressure.
muddled	Confused, disorganised, in disarray.
befuddled	Confused or perplexed.
confused	(of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
fleecynoun	Resembling or covered in fleece.
fuzzynoun	Vague or imprecise.
nebulous	Vague or ill-defined.
mammothnoun	Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.
blurred	Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.
floccose	(botany, mycology) Covered or growing in wooly tufts
ill-defined	Poorly defined; blurry, out of focus; lacking a clear boundary.