wisp
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6.0
- noun
- /wɪsp/
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flaco
- Her blond hair tumbled down in wisps over her forehead, which was unusual for Irene.
Examples
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Troubled, she stroked the wisps of black hair back from Bathsheba's forehead.
Fiction book (2001) -
A wisp of a girl.
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I would think of these adorable arms... these little hands, and this delightful little wisp.
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Oh, her mother is surely a wisp of a woman, breezing about the house like a shadow.
Fiction book (1997) -
The man had thin, pointy ears that Franz envied and a wisp of a moustache.
Fiction book (2002) -
But she unbolted the door and let him in, nervously tucking stray wisps of hair under her cap.
Fiction book (1993) -
Lord Gobeleyn smiled the smallest wisp of a smile and waved a negligent hand at the repast.
Fiction book (1993) -
She looked like a wisp of a girl, so delicate and light that she seemed to float while walking.
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Her mother, a fragile wisp of a woman, moved gracefully through the crowded room.
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The little boy was just a wisp, barely weighing more than a feather.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who has very little body fat and looks underweight
Antonyms
Compounds
How Frail
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wisp When we call a person a wisp, the idea is the same 'bundle' image — someone very small and light. So a wisp of a girl or child feels fragile and slight, just like a tiny tuft of hair or cloth.