vaporous
a . 雾状的
雾状的
vaporous adj 1 :
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 " [
synonym :
{
diaphanous }, {
filmy }, {
gauzy }, {
gauze -
like }, {
gossamer },
{
see -
through }, {
sheer }, {
transparent }, {
vaporous },
{
vapourous }, {
cobwebby }]
2 :
resembling or characteristic of vapor ; "
vaporous clouds "
[
synonym : {
vaporific }, {
vapourific }, {
vaporish }, {
vapourish },
{
vaporous }, {
vapourous }]
3 :
filled with vapor ; "
miasmic jungles "; "
a vaporous bog " [
synonym :
{
miasmal }, {
miasmic }, {
vaporous }, {
vapourous }]
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L .
vaporosus :
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F .
vaporeux .]
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1 .
Having the form or nature of vapor . --
Holland .
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2 .
Full of vapors or exhalations . --
Shak .
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The warmer and more vaporous air of the valleys .
--
Derham .
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3 .
Producing vapors ;
hence ,
windy ;
flatulent . --
Bacon .
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The food which is most vaporous and perspirable is the most easily digested . --
Arbuthnot .
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4 .
Unreal ;
unsubstantial ;
vain ;
whimsical .
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Such vaporous speculations were inevitable .
--
Carlyle .
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79 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vaporous ":
adulterated ,
aerial ,
aerodynamic ,
aerostatic ,
aery ,
air -
built ,
airy ,
attenuate ,
attenuated ,
chimeric ,
chimerical ,
cloud -
born ,
cloud -
built ,
cloud -
woven ,
cloudy ,
cut ,
dilute ,
diluted ,
dreamlike ,
ethereal ,
fanciful ,
fatuitous ,
fatuous ,
fine ,
flimsy ,
foggy ,
fuming ,
fumy ,
gaseous ,
gasified ,
gasiform ,
gaslike ,
gassy ,
gossamery ,
illusory ,
imaginary ,
insubstantial ,
mephitic ,
miasmal ,
miasmatic ,
miasmic ,
misty ,
mushy ,
oxyacetylene ,
oxygenous ,
ozonic ,
phantasmal ,
phantomlike ,
pneumatic ,
rare ,
rarefied ,
reeking ,
reeky ,
shadowy ,
slight ,
smoking ,
smoky ,
spirituous ,
steaming ,
steamy ,
subtile ,
subtle ,
tenuous ,
thin ,
thinned ,
thinned -
out ,
uncompact ,
uncompressed ,
unreal ,
unsubstantial ,
vague ,
vaporing ,
vaporish ,
vaporlike ,
vapory ,
watered ,
watered -
down ,
windy ,
wispy
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