gauzy adj : so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks" [syn: diaphanous, filmy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, cobwebby] [also: gauziest, gauzier]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːzi

Adjective

1. having the qualities of gauze; light, thin, transparent, hazy
2. figuratively light, giving the effect of haze

Quotations

• 2003: Although the books are scored in different keys—Clinton’s generally attempts to be gauzy and warm, Blumenthal’s is edgy and cold—their underlying refrain is the same. — The New Yorker, 14 July 2003

airy, attenuate, attenuated, boyish, clear, clear as crystal, crystal, crystal-clear, crystalline, dainty, delicate, diaphane, diaphanous, diluted, downy, ethereal, filmy, fine, fine-drawn, fine-grained, finespun, flimsy, fluffy, frail, fuzzy, girlish, gossamer, gossamery, gracile, insubstantial, lacy, light, light-pervious, limpid, lucid, misty, nonopaque, papery, peekaboo, pellucid, pubescent, rare, rarefied, refined, revealing, satin, satiny, see-through, sheer, silky, slender, slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small, smooth, subtle, svelte, sylphlike, tenuous, thin, thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinnish, threadlike, transparent, transpicuous, unclouded, vague, velutinous, velvety, wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, willowy, wiredrawn, wispy