lacy
Like ornate doilies
Lacy describes something resembling or made of lace—delicate, with an open pattern of holes or fine threads: lacy curtains, lacy underwear.
The word extends to anything with a similar delicate, intricate appearance: lacy ferns, lacy frost patterns on the window.
Conducive to love
- elegantGracefully refined, tasteful
- gracefulElegant in movement
- daintyDelicately small and pretty
- prettyPleasing in appearance
charming · refined · demure · bridal · boudoir · lingerie · vintage · Victorian
Delicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
- fretworkInterlocking ornamental design
ornamental · embellished · decorative · baroque · rococo · flourish · arabesque · tracery
Easily broken or damaged
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- fineAcceptable in quality
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
wispy · airy · dainty · tender · subtle · soft · light · sheer
Delicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- openworkDecorative pierced craftsmanship
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- webInterwoven filament structure
- meshInterlocking open weave
netlike · tracery · fretwork · perforated · geometric · symmetrical · interlocking · woven
romantic
Conducive to love
pretty · charming · refined · demure · bridal · boudoir · lingerie · vintage · Victorian · nostalgic
filigree
Delicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- intricateElaborately detailed, many parts
- elaborateComplex and detailed
- scrollworkSpiral ornamental design
fretwork · ornamental · embellished · decorative · baroque · rococo · flourish · arabesque · tracery · openwork
fragile
Easily broken or damaged
ethereal · wispy · airy · dainty · tender · subtle · soft · light · sheer · filmy
filigree
Delicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- openworkDecorative pierced craftsmanship
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- webInterwoven filament structure
mesh · netlike · tracery · fretwork · perforated · geometric · symmetrical · interlocking · woven · branching
crochet
Hooked needle needlework
- tattingShuttle-based lace making
- macraméFiber art using knots
- embroideryDecorative stitching on fabric
doily · needlework · bobbin · chantilly · broderie · appliqué · edging · trim · ruffle · frill
- decoratedadorned, bedecked, decorated, embellished, festooned
- fabric texturessoft, smooth, rough, silky, fuzzy
- texturessmoothness, smooth, soft, rough, roughness
- delicatedelicate, fragile, dainty, frail, tender
- feminine traitsfeminine, womanly, ladylike, girlish, demure
- leaf traitscordate, lanceolate, ovate, serrate, dentate
- laced upFastened with cords
- lace upFasten with cords
- lacing upSecuring with threaded cords
- shoe lacesCords that secure footwear
- black laceDark ornamental netted fabric
- Queen Anne's laceWhite umbellate wildflower
lace, shoelace, laces, lacing, laced, interlace, unlace, lacerate, laceration