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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" blurred, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, hazy, bleary 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" muddled, woolly-headed, wooly-minded, wooly, woolly, addled, befuddled confused - mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused"

muzzy

adjective

1. groggy, confused, faint, muddled, shaky, dizzy, addled, dopey (informal), befuddled, light-headed, woozy (informal), fuddled, not with it (informal), befogged Her ear is still a bit sore and she feels muzzy.

2. blurred, fuzzy, hazy, foggy, faint, unclear, woolly, unfocused, blurry, ill-defined, indistinct that faint, muzzy haze that hangs over many towns

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Translations

intontito

duf

muzzy

[ˈmʌzɪ] ADJ (muzzier (compar) (muzziest (superl))) [outline, ideas] → borroso; [person] → atontado, confuso

Collins 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/a

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