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vaporous
[ vey-per-uhs ]
adjective
- having the form or characteristics of vapor:
a vaporous cloud.
- full of or abounding in vapor; foggy; misty:
a vaporous twilight.
- producing or giving off vapor:
a vaporous bog.
- dimmed or obscured with vapor:
a low valley surrounded by vaporous mountains.
- unsubstantial; diaphanous; airy:
vaporous fabrics; vaporous breezes.
- vaguely formed, fanciful, or unreliable:
vaporous promises.
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Derived Forms
- ˈvaporously, adverb
- ˈvaporousness, noun
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Other Words From
- vapor·ous·ly adverb
- vapor·ous·ness va·por·os·i·ty [vey-p, uh, -, ros, -i-tee], noun
- nonva·por·osi·ty noun
- non·vapor·ous adjective
- non·vapor·ous·ly adverb
- non·vapor·ous·ness noun
- unva·por·osi·ty noun
- un·vapor·ous adjective
- un·vapor·ous·ly adverb
- un·vapor·ous·ness noun
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Example Sentences
Benches formed from twisted branches, based on a design by Church, looked off into the vaporous vista.
A horse or a tree or a clump of brush loomed up grotesquely in the vaporous blur.
The peculiarity of these bodies is that they appear in most cases to be more or less completely vaporous.
His colouring is of an amazing softness, depth, and strength; his chiaroscuro is warm and vaporous.
A great mist overspread the Empire and men's minds were vaporous, nor was their purpose keen.
There is no medium in my life between the most vulgar realities and the most vaporous fiction, too thin to breathe.
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