English adjective: woolly | |||
1. | woolly having a fluffy character or appearance | ||
Synonyms | flocculent, wooly | ||
Similar | soft | ||
Antonyms | hard | ||
2. | woolly confused and vague; used especially of thinking | ||
Samples | Muddleheaded ideas. Your addled little brain. Woolly thinking. Woolly-headed ideas. | ||
Synonyms | addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly-headed, wooly, wooly-minded | ||
Similar | confused | ||
Antonyms | clear-thinking, clearheaded | ||
3. | woolly covered with dense often matted or curly hairs | ||
Samples | Woolly lambs. | ||
Synonyms | woolly-haired, wooly, wooly-haired | ||
Similar | haired, hairy, hirsute | ||
Antonyms | hairless | ||
4. | woolly covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments | ||
Samples | The woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton. | ||
Synonyms | lanate | ||
Similar | haired, hairy, hirsute | ||
Antonyms | hairless | ||