wispy cloud
Thin aerial streaks
A wispy cloud is a thin, delicate formation that appears stretched or feathery against the sky.
Cirrus clouds are the classic example—high-altitude wisps of ice crystals that look like brushstrokes or pulled cotton.
The term applies to any cloud lacking dense, solid form: A few wispy clouds drifted across the sunset.
- cirrusHigh wispy ice formation
- featheryLight and soft-textured
- angel hairExtremely fine pasta
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
cotton candy · thin · thin air · ethereal · fairy dust · hazy · streaky · filament · mist · morning mist · veil · translucent · floating · drifting · light · airy · mare's tail · vapor trail
- Cloudscumulus, stratus, cirrus, nimbostratus, stratocumulus
- high cloudscirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, mare's tail, mare's tails
cloud density and mass
wispy cloudthunderhead
Tall storm-producing cloud
cumulonimbus · storm cloud · thundercloud · supercell · anvil cloud
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