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wispy
wisp W0189100 (wĭsp)n.1. A small bunch or bundle, as of straw, hair, or grass.2. a. One that is thin, frail, or slight: "a little wisp of a kid, ten years old" (William Lychack).b. A thin or faint streak or fragment, as of smoke or clouds.3. A fleeting trace or indication; a hint: a wisp of a smile.4. A flock of birds, especially snipe.5. See ignis fatuus.v. wisped, wisp·ing, wisps v.tr. To twist into wisps or a wisp.v.intr. To drift in wisps: smoke wisping from chimneys.
[Middle English.]
wisp′i·ly adv.wisp′i·ness (wĭs′pē-nĭs) n.wisp′y adj.wispy (ˈwɪspɪ) adj, wispier or wispiestwisplike; delicate, faint, light, etc ˈwispily adv ˈwispiness nwisp•y (ˈwɪs pi) also wisp′ish,
adj. wisp•i•er, wisp•i•est. being a wisp or in wisps. [1710–20] wisp′i•ly, adv. wisp′i•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | wispy - thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilsonwisplikelean, thin - lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare | | 2. | wispy - lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"dim, faint, shadowy, vagueindistinct - not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory"; "only indistinct notions of what to do" |
wispyadjective1. straggly, fine, thin, frail, wisplike Grey wispy hair straggled down to her shoulders.2. thin, light, fine, delicate, fragile, flimsy, ethereal, insubstantial, gossamer, diaphanous, wisplike a wispy chiffon dressTranslationswisp (wisp) noun thin strand. a wisp of hair; a wisp of smoke. 一縷，一束 一缕，一束 ˈwispy adjectivewispy hair. 一縷，一束 小束，纤弱的 EncyclopediaSeewispwispy
Synonyms for wispyadj stragglySynonyms- straggly
- fine
- thin
- frail
- wisplike
adj thinSynonyms- thin
- light
- fine
- delicate
- fragile
- flimsy
- ethereal
- insubstantial
- gossamer
- diaphanous
- wisplike
Synonyms for wispyadj thin and weakSynonymsRelated Wordsadj lacking clarity or distinctnessSynonymsRelated Words |