Definition of vaporous Vaporous

va•por•ous

We found 9 definitions of vaporous from 4 different sources.

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Adjective

vaporous - so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"
  diaphanous, filmy, gauzy, gauze-like, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vapourous, cobwebby
  thin lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
vaporous - filled with vapor; "miasmic jungles"; "a vaporous bog"
  miasmal, miasmic, vapourous
  cloudy (of liquids) clouded as with sediment; "a cloudy liquid"; "muddy coffee"; "murky waters"
vaporous - resembling or characteristic of vapor; "vaporous clouds"
  vaporific, vapourific, vaporish, vapourish, vapourous
  gaseous existing as or having characteristics of a gas; "steam is water is the gaseous state"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • vaporous (a.)
    Having the form or nature of vapor.
  • vaporous (a.)
    Full of vapors or exhalations.
  • vaporous (a.)
    Producing vapors; hence, windy; flatulent.
  • vaporous (a.)
    Unreal; unsubstantial; vain; whimsical.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • vaporous
    Resembling or characteristic of vapor.

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