spidery
Like delicate webs
Spidery describes things that resemble spiders or their webs—typically thin, angular, and sprawling.
Spidery handwriting consists of thin, uneven strokes that look like spider legs trailing across the page.
Spidery fingers are long and bony.
A spidery crack spreads across a surface in multiple directions from a central point, like a web.
Her spidery signature was barely legible.
Careless, illegible writing
- scribbleWrite without care
- illegibleCannot be read
- cursiveJoined handwriting style
- scratchyRough and irritating
loopy · sprawling · spindly · angular · slanted · jagged · hasty · cramped
Small in diameter
- wispyThin and insubstantial
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- filmyThin and translucent
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
delicate · fine · spindly · threadlike · insubstantial · ethereal · diaphanous · airy
Forming intricate connected strands
- lacyHaving openwork patterns
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
network · mesh · interwoven · radial · spiral · branching · sprawling · complex
Morbid dread of spiders
- phobiaPersistent irrational dread
- fearEmotional response to threat
- shiversInvoluntary bodily trembling
- goosebumpsRaised skin from cold
chills · dread · unease · apprehension · spooked · crawling · skittering · lurking
scrawl
Careless, illegible writing
scratchy · loopy · sprawling · spindly · angular · slanted · jagged · hasty · cramped · wispy
thin
Small in diameter
fragile · delicate · fine · spindly · threadlike · insubstantial · ethereal · diaphanous · airy · feathery
weblike
Forming intricate connected strands
- lacyHaving openwork patterns
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- filigreeDelicate twisted-wire ornamentation
lattice · network · mesh · interwoven · radial · spiral · branching · sprawling · complex · elaborate
arachnophobia
Morbid dread of spiders
- phobiaPersistent irrational dread
- fearEmotional response to threat
- shiversInvoluntary bodily trembling
goosebumps · chills · dread · unease · apprehension · spooked · crawling · skittering · lurking · creeping
haunting
Disturbingly unforgettable
- sinisterThreateningly suggestive of harm
- macabreDisturbing, death-obsessed
- ghostlyResembling a specter
spectral · gothic · ominous · shadowy · cobwebbed · dusty · abandoned · cryptic · mysterious · nocturnal
- handwritingcursive, block letters, penmanship, print letters, legible
- surface patternsstreaked, mottled, lined, marbled, textured
- flower formsbell-shaped, cup-shaped, funnel-shaped, trumpet-shaped, star-shaped
- spider websSilk structures trapping prey
- spider bitePuncture from eight-legged creature
- spider's webSilk structure for prey
- itsy bitsy spiderTenacious eight-legged nursery character
- spider monkeyThin-limbed tropical primate
- giant spiderVery large eight-legged creature