filmy
Like sheer curtains
Filmy describes something thin, translucent, or hazy—like a film covering a surface.
A filmy curtain lets light through.
A filmy layer of dust coats neglected furniture.
Eyes can go filmy with tears or fatigue.
The word suggests delicacy and insubstantiality: a filmy negligee, filmy wings of a dragonfly.
Delicate transparent textile
- tulleFine net fabric
- organzaSheer, crisp dress fabric
- voileSheer, lightweight textile
- gauzeOpen-weave medical fabric
lace · mesh · netting · silk · muslin · gossamer · overlay · drapery
Absolute; also diaphanous
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- see-throughAllowing vision through
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
gauzy · transparent · chiffon · voile · organza · tulle · gauze · gossamer-thin
chiffon
Delicate transparent textile
gauze · lace · mesh · netting · silk · muslin · gossamer · overlay · drapery · curtain
sheer
Absolute; also diaphanous
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- see-throughAllowing vision through
- translucentPermitting diffused light passage
gossamer · gauzy · transparent · chiffon · voile · organza · tulle · gauze · gossamer-thin · wispy
clouded
Made unclear or dim
murky · opaque · veiled · smoky · milky · hazed · obscured · dim · unclear · smeared
- texturessmoothness, smooth, soft, rough, roughness
- delicatedelicate, fragile, dainty, frail, tender
- Indianismsbhai, namaste, chai, daal, dal
- thin & flatflat, thin, papery, wafer-thin, sheetlike
- translucentfrosted glass, rice paper, wax paper, tracing paper, sheer fabric
- visionsharp, eye, visual perception, sight, eyes
filmyopaque
Impassable to light
nontransparent · clear · clean · transparent · solid
- film projectorShows movies on walls
- horror filmCinema designed to frighten
- film crewMovie-making personnel
- film studioMotion picture company
- arthouse filmUnconventional, artistic movie
- film starFamous cinema actor
film, filmed, filming, filmmaker, filmmaking, microfilm, filmography, filmic, filmgoer