wisplike
Thin and ghostly
Wisplike describes something resembling a wisp—thin, delicate, and insubstantial.
It suggests the quality of smoke, fog, or fine strands that seem barely there: wisplike clouds drifted across the moon, her wisplike hair floated in the breeze.
The word emphasizes fragility and ethereal lightness.
Filmy, delicate material
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- filmyThin and translucent
- gauzyThin and transparent
sheer · silky · cobwebby · lacy · filigree · finespun · threadlike · translucent
Resembling a specter
- phantasmalLike an apparition
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
- apparitionalResembling a specter
haunting · wraithlike · shadowy · vaporous · misty · incorporeal · intangible · ephemeral
gossamer
Filmy, delicate material
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- diaphanousDelicately translucent
- filmyThin and translucent
gauzy · sheer · silky · cobwebby · lacy · filigree · finespun · threadlike · translucent · airy
ghostly
Resembling a specter
- phantasmalLike an apparition
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
- otherworldlySeemingly not earthly
apparitional · haunting · wraithlike · shadowy · vaporous · misty · incorporeal · intangible · ephemeral · evanescent
nebulous
Unclear and formless
smoky · cloudy · diffuse · indistinct · vague · blurred · faint · pale · dim · elusive
thin
Small in diameter
slight · slim · narrow · spindly · reedy · attenuated · tapered · streamlined · elongated · trailing