How to use "diaphanous" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "diaphanous" in popular movie and book plots

  • He limps from the cabin, eating wild berries, as the three diaphanous beggars look on.  - Antichrist (film)
  • At the same time, this novel is not only concerned with past time, but also reflects a diaphanous shadow on the present with a skillful literary talent.  - In Search for Khnum
  • Sam starts to receive menacing phone calls from the killer, from which the police manage to isolate an odd cricketing noise in the background, which is later revealed to be the call of a rare breed of bird from Siberia, called "The Bird with Crystal Plumage" due to the diaphanous glint of its feathers.  - The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
  • In early 19th century Styria, a beautiful blonde (Kirsten Lindholm) in a diaphanous gown materializes from a misty graveyard.  - The Vampire Lovers
  • Carr survives through the intervention of a diaphanous figure that he initially believes to be a ghost.  - The Spell Sword
  • As Maciste plays the panpipes in the bowsprit, Fulvius pledges his love to Cabiria and festive sea sprites encircle the boat in a giant, diaphanous garland.  - Cabiria

Meaning of "diaphanous" in English

  • so thin as to transmit light
    Examples
    - filmy wings of a moth
    - gauzy clouds of dandelion down
    - gossamer cobwebs
    - sheer silk stockings
    - transparent chiffon
    - vaporous silks

Meaning of "diaphanous" in Hindi

  • पारदर्शी ( Paradarshi, paaradarshee)

Synonyms of "diaphanous"

  • see through
  • cobwebby
  • gauze like
  • sheer
  • filmy
  • gauzy
  • transparent
  • gossamer
  • vapourous
  • vaporous

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