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 , gauzy , gauze-like , gossamer , see-through , sheer , transparent , vaporous , cobwebby ]

resembling or characteristic of vapor; vaporous clouds

[ Syn: vaporific , vapourific , vaporish , vapourish , vaporous ]

filled with vapor; miasmic jungles; a vaporous bog

[ Syn: miasmal , miasmic , vaporous ]