Adjective
- 1. diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby, thin (vs. thick)
- usage: 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"
- 2. vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vaporous, vapourous, gaseous (vs. solid) (vs. liquid)
- usage: resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds"
- 3. miasmal, miasmic, vaporous, vapourous, cloudy (vs. clear)
- usage: filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog"
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