wispy
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4.6
- adjective
- /ˈwɪspi/
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tenue
- I looked out at the cornfields unfurling all the way to the horizon, at the wispy clouds hanging in the pale sky like afterthoughts.
- wispy clouds
- wispy tendrils
- wispy smoke
It was that little wispy sense of like, this is not right.
- It was that little wispy sense of like, this is not right.
Examples
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Just the blue skies, wispy clouds, the contrast of the mountains of the blue skies is just stunning.
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Joss sticks burn, sending wispy tendrils of incense into the air.
Fiction book (1998) -
Weller's World was a blue marble surrounded by wispy white cotton.
Fiction book (1991) -
Nothing but a perfect pale-blue dome with a wispy frosting of white.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the corners of hallways, beneath our beds and couches, behind our dressers, fluff gathers in wispy clouds.
Fiction book (1991) -
Above, a few patches of cirrocumulus spread wispy fans like lacy bleached corals, tinted faintly by my amber spectacles.
Fiction book (1995) -
The artist captured the landscape with a beautiful painting of wispy clouds drifting across the sky.
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She wore a dress made of a wispy fabric that floated around her as she walked.
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The old photograph had a wispy quality, making it hard to see the details of the people in it.
Synonyms
230
4.6
Not clear or detailed so you are unsure what is meant
221
5.2
Not strong or convincing, for example an argument
148
2.7
Very slight and hard to notice
111
3.7
Not clear or sharp like a blurred picture
70
3.6
Looks unclear, so you cannot see details
19
4.3
Not clear and hard to see or remember
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5.1
Hard to see or understand because it is not clear
Very thin and light, almost hard to see or hear
A little weak in taste, sound, or argument
Not clear or strong, with little real detail
Antonyms
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wispy comes from wisp, a word for 'a small thin bit', and so it can mean faint or not clear. Think of a 'wisp' of smoke or a faint memory — wispy describes something you can only barely see or feel.