wooly-minded

1. 1.

   confused and vague; used especially of thinking

   “muddleheaded ideas”

   “your addled little brain”

   “woolly thinking”

   “woolly-headed ideas”

   Synonymsaddledbefuddledmuddledmuzzywoollywoolywoolly-headed

   Similarconfused

Questions about wooly-minded

What does wooly-minded mean?

wooly-minded means "confused and vague; used especially of thinking".

How many syllables are in wooly-minded?

wooly-minded has 4 syllables: woo-ly--min-ded. The stress falls on "ly-".

What is another word for wooly-minded?

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 wooly-minded a common word?

wooly-minded 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.