Wispy Definition

wispy
adjective
  1. thin and weak; "a wispy little fellow with small hands and feet"- Edmund Wilson
  2. lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"

Synonyms for wispy

dim

lacking in light; not bright or harsh; "a dim light beside the bed

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faint

deficient in magnitude; barely perceptible; lacking clarity or brightness or loudness etc; "a faint outline

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indistinct

not clearly defined or easy to perceive or understand; "indistinct shapes in the gloom"; "an indistinct memory

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lean

lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin

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shadowy

filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed

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thin

without viscosity; "the blood was flowing thin" of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross

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vague

not clearly understood or expressed; "an obscure turn of phrase

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