muzzy
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muz·zy
(mŭz′ē)adj. muz·zi·er, muz·zi·est
1. Mentally confused; muddled.
2. Blurred; indistinct.
[Origin unknown.]
muz′zi·ly adv.
muz′zi·ness n.
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muzzy
(ˈmʌzɪ)adj, -zier or -ziest
1. blurred, indistinct, or hazy
2. confused, muddled, or befuddled
[C18: origin obscure]
ˈmuzzily adv
ˈmuzziness n
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muz•zy
(ˈmʌz i)adj. -zi•er, -zi•est. Informal.
1. confused; muddled.
2. dull; mentally hazy.
[1720–30; perhaps b. muddled and fuzzy]
muz′zi•ly, adv.
muz′zi•ness, n.
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Adj. | 1. | muzzy - indistinct or hazy in outline; "a landscape of blurred outlines"; "the trees were just blurry shapes" indistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do" |
2. | muzzy - confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" confused - mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused" |
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muzzy
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muzzy
[ˈmʌzɪ] ADJ (muzzier (compar) (muzziest (superl))) [outline, ideas] → borroso; [person] → atontado, confusoCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
muzzy
[ˈmʌzi] (mainly British) adj [person] (= groggy) → dans les vapes [picture] (= fuzzy) → flou(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
muzzy
adj (+er) (= dizzy, dazed) → benommen, benebelt; (= blurred) view, memory etc → verschwommen; noise → verzerrt
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
muzzy
[ˈmʌzɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (outline, ideas) → confuso/a; (person) → intontito/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995