wisped
Curled like smoke
Wisped describes something that moved, drifted, or formed in wisps—thin, delicate strands or streaks: Smoke wisped from the chimney, Her hair wisped across her face in the wind.
The word suggests gentle, ethereal movement, like fog or steam dispersing into air.
Airborne combustion byproduct
- mistFine airborne moisture
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
breath · vapor · haze · incense · dust · cobweb · cirrus · tendril
Filmy, delicate material
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- vaporousLike a gas, diffuse
- featherlikeResembling avian plumage
tenuous · filmy · gauzy · delicate · insubstantial · threadlike · cobwebby · translucent
Passing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
dissipating · evaporating · dissolving · disappearing · momentary · passing · melting · thinning
smoke
Airborne combustion byproduct
cloud · breath · vapor · haze · incense · dust · cobweb · cirrus · tendril · strand
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- vaporousLike a gas, diffuse
featherlike · tenuous · filmy · gauzy · delicate · insubstantial · threadlike · cobwebby · translucent · sheer
fleeting
Passing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
fading · dissipating · evaporating · dissolving · disappearing · momentary · passing · melting · thinning · scattering
wafting
Floating through air
floating · trailing · spiraling · eddying · coiling · unfurling · streaming · fluttering · dispersing · scattering
wispedbillowed
Swelled outward dramatically
clouded · plumed · mushroomed · bloomed · swelled
- wispy hairFine, sparse head covering
- wispy clouds
- will o wispGhostly marsh light
- will o' the wispPhantom light over marshes