cottony

/'kɔtni/

Thân thiện

The kitten's fur felt cottony and warm.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Resembling cotton in texture or appearance: Having the soft, fluffy, or fibrous qualities characteristic of cotton.
   • Soft and light like cotton: Describing something that feels very soft, light, and often fluffy to the touch.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The kitten's fur was incredibly soft and cottony.
  • A cottony layer of morning fog hung over the valley.
  • The mold on the old bread had a cottony white appearance.

Advanced Usage

• "cottony-soft": An intensified descriptive phrase emphasizing extreme softness.
  • The blanket was cottony-soft and very warm.
• Used metaphorically to describe sounds or sensations that are muffled, soft, or indistinct.
  • After the accident, everything sounded cottony and far away.

Variants and Related Words

• Cotton (n): The plant or the soft, white fibrous substance used to make textile fabrics.
• Cottonize (v, rare): To make something resemble or have the texture of cotton.

Synonyms

• Fluffy: Light and soft in a way that resembles fluff or down.
• Downy: Covered with or resembling soft, fine feathers or hair.
• Fleecy: Having a soft, woolly texture.

Antonyms

• Coarse: Rough or harsh in texture.
• Bristly: Having short, stiff, prickly hairs.
• Abrasive: Causing roughness or scraping through friction.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• Cottony mouth: An informal phrase describing the dry, sticky feeling in the mouth, often due to nervousness, illness, or medication side effects. (Note: This is a compound phrase, not a direct use of the adjective 'cottony' alone).
  • Before his speech, he had a bad case of cottony mouth.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. resembling cotton; as soft as cotton