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sheer

2 entries found.

Entry Word:
sheer
Function:
adjective
Text: 1 very thin and easy to see through<we had to get window shades because passersby could see right through our sheer curtains>Synonymsfilmy, gauzy, gossamer, gossamery, transparentRelated Wordsclear, limpid, liquid, lucent, pellucid; lucid, translucent; dainty, delicate, flimsy, fragile, frail; colorless, uncoloredNear Antonymsopaque; cloudy, foggy, hazy, misty, murky, smoky (also smokey); drab, dull, lackluster, lusterless 2 having no exceptions or restrictions<survivors of the earthquake told of experiencing sheer terror>— see absolute 2 3 having an incline approaching the perpendicular<the sheer slopes of the ravine>— see steep 1
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