Meaning & Definition of Woolly in English
English⟶
Woolly
/wʊli/
adjective
1. Having a fluffy character or appearance
synonym:
- flocculent,
- woolly,
- wooly
2. Confused and vague
- Used especially of thinking
- "Muddleheaded ideas"
- "Your addled little brain"
- "Woolly thinking"
- "Woolly-headed ideas"
synonym:
- addled,
- befuddled,
- muddled,
- muzzy,
- woolly,
- wooly,
- woolly-headed,
- wooly-minded
3. Covered with dense often matted or curly hairs
- "Woolly lambs"
synonym:
- wooly,
- woolly,
- wooly-haired,
- woolly-haired
4. Covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments
- "The woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton"
synonym:
- lanate,
- woolly