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adj
Of or relating to vapour; also, having the characteristics or consistency of vapour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: halitous, halituous, vaporiform, vaporlike, vapourlike, vaporose, vapory, vapoury, aeriform, aereous, aerial, airy, ethereal, gaseous, pneumatic, vaporous, wafty
Antonyms: nonvaporous
adj
Breathing out or giving off vapour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: vaporescent, vapourescent
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of a place: filled with vapour; foggy, misty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: fumid, vapored, vapoured, vaporiferous, vaporsome
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of a thing: covered or hidden by vapour, fog, or mist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Lacking depth or substance; insubstantial, thoughtless, vague.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: frothy, vain, vaporsome
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Of clothes or fabric: thin and translucent; filmy, gauzy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Feeling melancholy; experiencing the vapors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective satellite
filled with vapor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: miasmal, miasmic, vapourous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
resembling or characteristic of vapor
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vapourous
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
so thin as to transmit light
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vapourous, cobwebby
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English vaporous, from Late Latin vapōrōsus (“full of steam”), from Latin vapor (“exhalation; smoke; steam, vapour”) (possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *kwep- (“to boil; to smoke, steam; aroma; strong odour”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). The English word is analysable as vapour + -ous. Possibly a doublet of hope. Cognates * French vaporeux (“misty, vaporous; filmy, transparent”) * Italian vaporoso (“flimsy, gauzy; fluffy; vaporous”) * Portuguese vaporoso * Spanish vaporoso (“airy; vaporous”)
Across languages
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
