Lame and Sheer

Lame

Lame adjective - Arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust.

Sheer and lame are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sheer" instead an adjective "Lame".

Nearby Words: lameness, lamed, lamely

Sheer

Sheer adjective - Very thin and easy to see through.

Lame and sheer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lame" instead an adjective "Sheer".

Nearby Words: sheered, sheering

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Paul Incredibly Lame Pun: "Lorenzo Zoil" has to win some kind of award for sheer lameness.
    Source: Film / Paul
  • Pimped Out Dress / Film Words cannot do justice to how pimped out the dresses were; or the sheer amount of gold and silver lame, feathers, sequins, and various unusual bits used to create them (one dress was made entirely out of brightly coloured beach sandals/flip-flops).
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