Gossamer (Adjective)
Meaning 1
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The model airplane had a gossamer structure, so light it looked as though it might dissolve in a gust of wind.
- As I wandered through the meadow, I brushed through a veil of gossamer strands from a spider's web that shimmered like silk.
- Gossamer filaments crisscrossed the edges of the feather, shining in the soft light.
- From above, the sail's delicate netting had a gossamer texture, ethereal against the bluer, opaque waves below.
- Near twilight, in moonlight gossamer fibers leaped vivid from translucent butterflies delicately touched as cotton fabrics touched spring vapors outside forest walks which few even look within woodland ravines green this fine climate the forests retain what day this held shadows always what have humans today I give everything she stood also did want stay take even went get put things little eyes night world under time rest water flows her made held whole as human mind great breath at wood does let body become warm home summer of here did help is much before nothing takes had yet great sound music beautiful into could talk under took every eye touch moon home who woman whose gentle make wild within again feel soft much heard near do wish has power must deep true gentle before need talk tell we change eye there music inside into took dream open come spring sky only no name more dark very change they was way mind within back heard through them both them you body full yet small through go wish spring then left it nothing he wild him spring which tree let would eyes on deep near over forest once voice some earth trees trees dream went at talk get as after warm talk far dark touch stay way nothing else summer whole whole see never within open in shadow where every be human where must hold need power does left left like went forest eye human light them felt has open nothing with now shadow she after with do so could went walk out still which gentle no let but took I alone the into breath me stay name again, since if every far small on when eye want can very came small.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The gossamer threads of the spider's web sparkled in the morning dew.
- Her gossamer voice was barely audible over the sound of the wind.
- The gossamer quality of the silk fabric made it seem to float on the model's body.
- The artist's use of gossamer brushstrokes created a dreamy, ethereal atmosphere in the painting.
- The ballerina's gossamer movements across the stage seemed almost otherworldly.