as in joy
a feeling or state of well-being and contentment
the warm fuzzies that one typically gets from having done a good deed
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Recent Examples of warm fuzzies
The non-stop revelry is what gets you in the theater, but Deadpool’s identity-defining journey keeps you there — and even doles out some warm fuzzies.
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Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
Giving to a group working on legislation to slow an angry and frustrated co-worker from buying a gun to unload into his staff that day — as Andre Bing allegedly did in a Virginia Walmart last week — will not give you the same warm fuzzies as adopting a kitten or feeding a hungry baby.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2022
Shrinking has some of those Ted Lasso warm fuzzies and a rarely funnier Harrison Ford, but the actual plot is frequently head-scratching.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2023
Shearling Clutch Add some warm fuzzies to any look with Staud’s popular Bean clutch bag, now in cozy shearling — a winter handbag trend.
—Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2022
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Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 10 Aug. 2021
Giving to a group working on legislation to slow an angry and frustrated co-worker from buying a gun to unload into his staff that day — as Andre Bing allegedly did in a Virginia Walmart last week — will not give you the same warm fuzzies as adopting a kitten or feeding a hungry baby.
—Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2022
Shrinking has some of those Ted Lasso warm fuzzies and a rarely funnier Harrison Ford, but the actual plot is frequently head-scratching.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Feb. 2023
Shearling Clutch Add some warm fuzzies to any look with Staud’s popular Bean clutch bag, now in cozy shearling — a winter handbag trend.
—Ingrid Schmidt, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Dec. 2022
See All Example Sentences for warm fuzzies
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“Warm fuzzies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warm%20fuzzies. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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