MUZZY Synonyms: 116 Similar and Opposite Words

muzzy

adjective

ˈmə-zē

Definition of muzzy

as in vague

not expressed in precise terms in an attempt to be all things to all people, the candidate offered to the voters an intentionally muzzy campaign message

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as in dazed

suffering from mental confusion with my mind still muzzy from the medication, I had no idea what the nurse was saying

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Recent Examples of muzzy My personal term for the inexact nature of the messy, fuzzy world was muzzy. — Charles Platt, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023

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Okay, Noah is somehow a Manhunter, though how this came to be is left vague and almost intangible for much of the episode.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
The law includes an exception for when a pregnant person’s life is in danger, but physicians and lawyers have said the language is vague and could be interpreted differently by different doctors and hospitals.

— Ciara McCarthy October 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of vague

Adjective

Rappers Lucki and Playboi Carti were seen in videos posted to social media, though the cause of the fight and its participants remain unclear.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
The prognosis for a Tennessee woman who survived two doses of lethal injection is still unclear, according to her lawyer, who said doctors are still trying to clear the lethal drug administered during her execution attempt.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of unclear

Adjective

But Iñárritu’s caricatures become people in a way Kubrick’s don’t; as the bewildered President, for example, John Goodman is simultaneously grounded and theatrical in his presentation, recalling his best work with the Coen brothers.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
Five o’clock Saturday, the Riverside Stadium and Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg is fist-pumping a half-bewildered but fully enthused home crowd.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of bewildered

Adjective

In fact, mathematicians already know that knots of two or more links have ambiguous polynomials.

— Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
Because a decision appears to have been made in the Salvadoran case, then paused, without any public clarification, the situation is more ambiguous.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of ambiguous

Adjective

Star Moles’ Emily Moales has this voice that causes certain words to leave her lips backlit, ringed in fuzzy halos.

— Walden Green, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
Meta’s Muse agent mascot, named Jolly, is a fuzzy, chubby, rosy-cheeked creature that’s part-Labubu, part-Squishmallow.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of fuzzy

Adjective

To that end, there are questions about whether Mayich and his teammates had access to sufficient water and the degree of attention ASU paid to his initial symptoms, including feeling dizzy.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Back in June, Richie cut a performance short after speaking on stage about feeling dizzy, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported at the time.

— Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of dizzy

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