vapourous

Definitions of vapourous
  1. adjective
    resembling or characteristic of vapor
    synonyms: vaporific, vaporish, vaporous, vapourific, vapourish
    gaseous
    existing as or having characteristics of a gas
  2. adjective
    filled with vapor
    synonyms: miasmal, miasmic, vaporous
    cloudy
    full of or covered with clouds
  3. adjective
    so thin as to transmit light
    synonyms: cobwebby, diaphanous, filmy, gauze-like, gauzy, gossamer, see-through, sheer, transparent, vaporous
    thin
    of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section
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