The Crossword Solver found 20 answers to “Dark clouds, e.g.”, 4 letters crossword clue. The Crossword Solver finds answers to American-style crosswords, British-style crosswords, general knowledge crosswords and cryptic crossword puzzles.
Answer : WISP
Wisp – n
a thin streak of smoke, mist, etc.
SYNONYMS
tuft, shred, shock, cowlick, cluster, lock, bit, band
EXAMPLES
“A wisp of blond hair hung over one eye and Lisa brushed it back.”
“A white wisp of fog was the only clue that it was actually warmer than the crisp March morning.”
“Then he noticed a wisp of smoke in the distance.”
ETYMOLOGY
early 14c., “handful or bundle of hay, grass, etc.,” used for burning or cleaning or as a cushion; perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word, cognate with Norwegian and Swedish visp “wisp,” of unknown origin; sometimes said to be connected with whisk or with Middle Low German and Middle Dutch wispel “a measure of grain.” Meaning “thin, filmy portion” first attested 1836.
More Clues
- OMEN Dark clouds,
- BAD OMENS Dark clouds,
- OMENS Black cats and dark clouds,
- REOS 1920s-’30s Flying Clouds,
- WISPS Cirrocumulus clouds,
- ALOFT Floating among the clouds,
- GALAXIES The Magellanic Clouds,
- VAPOR Clouds,
- CAR REO Flying Cloud,
- REO 1927’s Flying Cloud,
- SIOUX Red Cloud,
- UPLOADING Sending to the cloud,
- PALL Dark cloud (of smoke)
- GNAT Part of a dark cloud
- PAUL Artist’s audio version of Dark Cloud, Earth
- NIMBUSES Dark clouds bearing rain (var.)
- BRAINY Bright blue at first, then with dark clouds?
- BAD SIGNS Dark clouds, say
- ILL OMENS Dark clouds, to some
- STRATI Dark clouds
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