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VAPOUROUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Filled with vapor
Example:
a vaporous bog
Synonyms:
miasmal; miasmic; vaporous; vapourous
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Similar:
cloudy (full of or covered with clouds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling or characteristic of vapor
Example:
vaporous clouds
Synonyms:
vaporific; vaporish; vaporous; vapourific; vapourish; vapourous
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Similar:
gaseous (existing as or having characteristics of a gas)
Sense 3
Meaning:
So thin as to transmit light
Example:
vaporous silks
Synonyms:
cobwebby; diaphanous; filmy; gauze-like; gauzy; gossamer; see-through; sheer; transparent; vaporous; vapourous
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Adjectives
Similar:
thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)
