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Meaning of FLUFFY

Pronunciation:  'flufee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  like down or as soft as down
 
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 Synonyms: downlike, downy, flossy, soft
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Fluff"y\, a. [Compar. {Fluffier}; superl. {Fluffiest}.]
Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy.
``The carpets were fluffy.'' --Thackeray.
      The present Barnacle . . . had a youthful aspect, and
      the fluffiest little whisker, perhaps, that ever was
      seen.                                    --Dickens.
-- {Fluff"i*ness}, n.
 
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Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: airy, attenuate, attenuated, birdbrained, birdwitted, bubbly, dainty, delicate, downy, ethereal, featherbrained, feathery, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained, finespun, fleecy, flighty, flossy, foamy, frivolous, frothy, furry, fuzzy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, hirsute, imponderous, insubstantial, lanate, leger, light, light as air, lighter than vanity, lightweight, mousse, nappy, peachy, pinnate, pubescent, puffy, refined, satin, satiny, shallow, shallow-headed, shallow-minded, shallow-pated, shallow-witted, silky, smooth, soft, souffle, superficial, thin, thin-spun, trivial, unheavy, unimportant, unprofound, velutinous, velvety, volatile, weightless, whipped up, wiredrawn, wispy, woolly, yeasty
 

 

 

 

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