wisplike
Definition
Adjective: 1. Resembling a wisp; thin, delicate, and often appearing frail or insubstantial. It describes something that is fine, slender, and light, as if it could be blown away easily, like a wisp of smoke or hair.
Usage
The adjective "wisplike" is used to describe the physical appearance of a person or thing, emphasizing a lack of solidity, thickness, or strength. It often carries a connotation of fragility or ethereal lightness. * It is typically placed before a noun (attributive position). * It can also follow a linking verb like "be" or "look" (predicative position).
Examples
- The dancer's wisplike frame seemed to float across the stage.
- Wisplike clouds streaked the pale blue sky at dawn.
- Her hair was fine and wisplike, escaping from her braid in soft tendrils.
- He was a wisplike figure, barely casting a shadow in the dim light.
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe something intangible that is faint or barely perceptible.
- A wisplike memory of the event drifted through her mind.
Variants and Related Words
- Wispy (adjective): The more common synonym, meaning consisting of or resembling small, thin strands; fine and light.
- Wispy clouds, wispy hair.
- Wisp (noun): A small, thin bunch, strand, or streak of something.
- A wisp of hair, a wisp of smoke.
Synonyms
- Delicate
- Filmy
- Flimsy
- Fragile
- Gossamer
- Insubstantial
- Slender
- Thin
Antonyms
- Solid
- Stout
- Substantial
- Thick
- Sturdy
Adjective
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thin and weak
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a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet- Edmund Wilson
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