spumy

Like churned waves

Spumy means foamy or frothy, covered with or resembling foam: spumy waves crashed against the rocks.

The word is literary and uncommon, appearing mostly in poetry or elevated prose to describe churning water, beer head, or anything producing light, airy bubbles.

foam

froth

Mass of small bubbles

head · seafoam · spindrift · surf · whitecaps · cappuccino · latte · beer · mousse · whipped

ocean

waves

Traveling energy disturbances

spindrift · breakers · spray · tide · crest · churn · splash · wake · billow · swell

texture

airy

Light and well-ventilated

  • lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
  • fluffySoft and light-textured
  • wispyThin and insubstantial

delicate · gossamer · featherlight · ethereal · billowy · floaty · insubstantial · vaporous · cloudlike · soft

Opposites
surface texture/state

spumyflat

Lacking vertical variation

still · clear · smooth · glassy · frothless

movement/agitation

spumystill

Unmoving, or continuing

calm · tranquil · placid · unruffled · serene

Family

spume, spumoni

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G