adj
Meaning 1
Resembling gauze; light, thin, translucent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gauzelike
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gauzy
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rhymes with -ɔːzi
adj
Meaning 2
light; giving the effect of haze
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
vague or elusive
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
tinged with tenderness and warmth; dewy-eyed, romantic
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
so thin as to transmit light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous, vapourous, cobwebby
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English gauze Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gauzy From gauze + -y.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: прозрачен (prozračen) — transparent, hazy
- Bulgarian: прозирен (proziren) — transparent, hazy
- Dutch: wazig — transparent, hazy
- Dutch: nevelig — transparent, hazy
- Dutch: mistig — transparent, hazy
- German: gazeartig — transparent, hazy
- German: hauchdünn — transparent, hazy
- Polish: zwiewny — transparent, hazy