furriness

Plush texture quality

Furriness is the quality of being furry—covered with fur or resembling fur in texture.

The word describes both literal soft, dense hair covering the furriness of a Persian cat and figurative fuzzy qualities the furriness of a cheap sweater after too many washes.

animals

pelage

Mammal's fur collectively

  • coatOuter garment or layer
  • peltFur-bearing animal skin
  • maneNeck hair, horse/lion

whiskers · wool · down · bristles · shaggy · fluffy · hairy · mammals · shedding · grooming

texture

soft

Yielding to touch

  • velvetySoft and smooth-textured
  • downyHaving soft, fine texture
  • silkySmooth and lustrous

fluffiness · featheriness · plushness · napped · brushed · fuzzy · woolly · cottony · tufted · pile

coziness

snuggle

Embrace cozily

cuddly · nestled · soothing · secure · fireside · hearth · sweater · mittens · fleece · quilt

Opposites
surface texture

furrinesssmoothness

Freedom from irregularity

sleekness · slickness · baldness · bareness · hairlessness

Family

fur, furry, furred, furrier, furries, furring, furless, furlike, furbelow

Familiarity
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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G