woolly (adj.)

  1. having a fluffy character or appearance

    [ Syn: flocculent , wooly ]

  2. confused and vague; used especially of thinking; muddleheaded ideas; your addled little brain; woolly thinking; woolly-headed ideas

    [ Syn: addled , befuddled , muddled , muzzy , wooly , woolly-headed , wooly-minded ]

  3. covered with dense often matted or curly hairs; woolly lambs

    [ Syn: wooly , wooly-haired , woolly-haired ]

  4. covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments; the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton

    [ Syn: lanate ]

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