wispier
Lighter and fainter
Wispier is the comparative form of wispy, describing something more thin, delicate, or insubstantial than another thing.
Hair can be wispier than it used to be, clouds wispier than expected: Her bangs had grown wispier over the summer.
The word suggests lightness and fragility—things that might drift or dissolve.
Filmy, delicate material
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- gauzyThin and transparent
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
- filmyThin and translucent
cobwebby · feathery · silken · lacy · finespun · filigree · threadbare · translucent
Thin and graceful
- willowyTall, slim, pliant
- spindlyThin and fragile-looking
- stragglyUntidily spread out
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
scant · thin · fine · slight · faint · tenuous · insubstantial · frail
Passing very quickly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
dissolving · dissipating · evaporating · ethereal · ghostly · spectral · phantasmal · shadowy
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- gauzyThin and transparent
- sheerAbsolute; also diaphanous
filmy · cobwebby · feathery · silken · lacy · finespun · filigree · threadbare · translucent · delicate
slender
Thin and graceful
sparse · scant · thin · fine · slight · faint · tenuous · insubstantial · frail · fragile
fleeting
Passing very quickly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
fading · dissolving · dissipating · evaporating · ethereal · ghostly · spectral · phantasmal · shadowy · nebulous
tendrils
Slender coiling growths
filaments · tufts · streamers · ribbons · plumes · trails · spirals · fronds · skeins · tatters