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VAPOUROUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vapourous mean?
• VAPOUROUS (adjective)
The adjective VAPOUROUS has 3 senses:
1. so thin as to transmit light
2. resembling or characteristic of vapor
3. filled with vapor
Familiarity information: VAPOUROUS used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
So thin as to transmit light
Synonyms:
cobwebby; diaphanous; filmy; gauze-like; gauzy; gossamer; see-through; sheer; transparent; vaporous; vapourous
Context example:
vaporous silks
Similar:
thin (of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Resembling or characteristic of vapor
Synonyms:
vaporific; vaporish; vaporous; vapourific; vapourish; vapourous
Context example:
vaporous clouds
Similar:
gaseous (existing as or having characteristics of a gas)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Filled with vapor
Synonyms:
miasmal; miasmic; vaporous; vapourous
Context example:
a vaporous bog
Similar:
cloudy (full of or covered with clouds)
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