gauzy
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6.7
- adjective
- /ˈɡɔːzi/
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translúcido
- Wisps of fluttering blue-green, gauzy fabric did little to disguise her slim figure.
Sharon gave him a perfume hug, pressing unsteadily against him in her gauzy red dress, breast bulging, an earring brushing his face.
- Sharon gave him a perfume hug, pressing unsteadily against him in her gauzy red dress, breast bulging, an earring brushing his face.
Examples
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I might also be able to make out Retta's shadow crossing gauzy curtains of the third floor.
Fiction book (1996) -
His mother approached, wearing gauzy white and feathers in her hair.
Fiction book (1998) -
She's got a very light, gauzy dress on.
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Below him, he was aware of the gauzy glow of the city's lights through the fog.
Fiction book (1999) -
At the front, the curved windows had long gauzy curtains on French rods.
Fiction book (1998) -
Ricky hiked up in his chair to look through the gauzy curtains on the living room's picture window.
Fiction book (1993) -
One woman identifies a scrap of gauzy fabric as a doll's veil.
Academic text (2010) -
The air tasted stale and dry as it filtered through the thin, gauzy cloth.
Academic text (2010) -
The thin white robe trailed behind her, illuminated sheer and gauzy by the lamp in the alcove.
Fiction book (2000) -
She wore a gauzy dress that flowed gently in the breeze, allowing the sunlight to filter through.
Synonyms
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3.2
Clear enough to see things behind it, like glass
30
4.8
Allows light to pass through but makes objects behind it unclear
14
3.9
Thin material that lets you see what is behind it
12
4.0
Very thin and almost see-through, like light fabric
4
5.8
A thin, light layer that is almost see-through
4
9.6
Very light, delicate material that is almost transparent
1
8.6
Very light and delicate like a thin cloth or spider web
1
4.3
A material that lets some light through but you cannot see objects clearly
1
9.9
Clear and see-through like glass
1
7.5
A thing that has thin spider webs on it
1
7.2
Light and not solid, like a dream fading at dawn
A very thin, light cloth that is almost see-through
Partly transparent fabric that lets some light through while giving some privacy
Letting some light through but not fully clear
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
The word gauzy comes from the name of a thin, light fabric, gauze, which itself comes from an old Arabic word qazz meaning 'raw silk'. So, gauzy describes something thin and light like that fabric, often letting light pass through.