woolly-headed

1. 1.

   confused and vague; used especially of thinking

   “muddleheaded ideas”

   “your addled little brain”

   “woolly thinking”

   “woolly-headed ideas”

   Synonymsaddledbefuddledmuddledmuzzywoollywoolywooly-minded

   Similarconfused

Questions about woolly-headed

What does woolly-headed mean?

woolly-headed means "confused and vague; used especially of thinking".

How many syllables are in woolly-headed?

woolly-headed has 5 syllables: wo-ol-ly--hea-ded. The stress falls on "ly-".

What is another word for woolly-headed?

Close synonyms include addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, woolly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is woolly-headed a common word?

woolly-headed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.