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wispy

/ˈwɪspi/

wispy adjective: consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.

Adjective

wispy (comparative wispier, superlative wispiest)

  1. Consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.
    • The wispy smoke rose from chimneys all around town.

wispy meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

wispy in Tamil

வலுக்குறைந்த

wispy in Urdu

چھلاوا نما

wispy in Malayalam

fine, thin, feathery
ചെറുപിടിയായ, കൃശമായ, കനം കുറഞ്ഞ, നേർത്ത, തൂവൽപോലെ കനം കുറഞ്ഞ, കാറ്റത്തുപറക്കുന്ന

Forms of wispy

comparativewispier
superlativewispiest

Origin of wispy

From wisp + -y.

Words formed from wispy

Words that rhyme with wispy

Questions about wispy

What does wispy mean?
Wispy means consisting of or resembling a wisp; like a slender, flexible strand or bundle.
What is wispy in Tamil?
Wispy in Tamil is வலுக்குறைந்த. See Wispy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is wispy?
Wispy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce wispy?
Wispy is pronounced /ˈwɪspi/.

Words near wispy in the dictionary

  1. Wispington
  2. wispish
  3. wispishly
  4. wisplike
  5. wisps
  6. wispy
  7. wiss
  8. Wissahickon
  9. Wissant
  10. wisse
  11. wissed

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: wispy (page history and authors); wispy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wispy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); wispy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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