filminess
Delicate see-through nature
Filminess is the quality of being covered with or resembling a thin, hazy layer.
It describes a gauzy, translucent, or slightly obscured appearance: the filminess of her veil, the filminess clouding his eyes.
The word can suggest delicacy or, less favorably, insubstantiality—something lacking solidity or clarity.
Absolute; also diaphanous
- gauzyThin and transparent
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
delicate · featherlight · flimsy · airy · floaty · silky · chiffon · tulle
Permitting diffused light passage
- see-throughAllowing vision through
- transparentAllowing light through
- semi-transparentPartially permitting light passage
- pellucidTransparently clear
hazy · cloudy · milky · opalescent · frosted · glassy · luminous · shimmery
sheer
Absolute; also diaphanous
- gauzyThin and transparent
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- wispyThin and insubstantial
gossamer · delicate · featherlight · flimsy · airy · floaty · silky · chiffon · tulle · cobwebby
translucent
Permitting diffused light passage
- see-throughAllowing vision through
- transparentAllowing light through
- semi-transparentPartially permitting light passage
pellucid · hazy · cloudy · milky · opalescent · frosted · glassy · luminous · shimmery · pearlescent
coating
Applied surface covering
deposit · membrane · skin · patina · buildup · grease · oily · soapy · dusty · residue
- delicacydelicacy, daintiness, fineness, fragility, frailty
- fragilityfragility, brittleness, delicacy, frailty, feebleness
filminessopacity
Impermeability to light
opaqueness · solidness · impermeability · impenetrability · denseness
filminesssubstantiality
Concrete, tangible existence
solidity · thickness · heftiness · sturdiness · weightiness
film, films, filmed, filmy, filming, filmic, filmier, unfilmed, filmlike