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smokelike

smokelike

4.4
Like smoke in appearance, for example a thin grey cloud
  • adjective
  • /ˈsmoʊklaɪk/
translation icon : parecido al humo
  • When the smokelike trail became too obvious to ignore, Witte's mind set to work generating explanations: a patch of volatiles boiling over.

Examples

  • The artist used a smokelike effect in the painting to create an atmosphere of mystery.

  • The dancer moved gracefully through the smokelike mist, enhancing the ethereal quality of her performance.

  • As the fire died down, a smokelike haze lingered in the air, making everything look surreal.

Synonyms

vaporish
vssmokelike
  • US
9.9

Thin and faint like a light mist

is darker and denser in appearance rather than light misty look

How Smoke-Like

smoke-filled
8 3.4
smokelike
4.4
smoky
27 1.0

Surface Forms

smokelike positive

Morphology

smokelike = smoke (transparent) = smoke + like

Clear and regular formation from 'smoke' + the productive adjective-forming suffix '-like' meaning 'resembling'.

Etymology

Smokelike joins smoke and the common ending -like, which means 'similar to'. So something called smokelike looks or moves as if it were smoke, for example a thin, soft haze over a city.