SHEER


Meaning of SHEER in English

n. 25B6; adjective

the sheer audacity of the plan : UTTER, complete, absolute, total, pure, downright, out-and-out, arrant, thorough, thoroughgoing, patent, veritable, unmitigated, plain; Austral./NZ informal fair.

a sheer drop : PRECIPITOUS, steep, vertical, perpendicular, abrupt, bluff, sharp.

a sheer dress : DIAPHANOUS, gauzy, filmy, floaty, gossamer, thin, translucent, transparent, see-through, insubstantial.

gradual, thick.

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