vaporings
- noun
- /ˈveɪpərɪŋz/
- Archaic
:
palabrería
- The politician's endless vaporings failed to impress the skeptical audience.
Examples
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She grew tired of his vaporings about adventures that never happened.
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Stop your vaporings and get to the point!
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In the old novel, the character's vaporings are mocked by his friends.
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His constant vaporings about success annoyed everyone.
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The speaker's grandiose vaporings about wealth left the crowd unimpressed.
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Listeners quickly lost interest in her fanciful vaporings that lacked substance.
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His frequent vaporings about his accomplishments were met with raised eyebrows.
Synonyms
24
8.6
Empty showy talk with little real meaning
17
5.3
Talk that sounds important but has no real meaning
17
7.2
Loud talk that tries to impress but has little real effect
4
9.4
Speech or writing that uses large, showy words but has little real meaning
2
8.8
A lot of talk that sounds important but says nothing
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9.9
Talk that brags and makes things sound bigger than they are
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9.9
Talk that sounds impressive but has no real worth
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4.3
Words that sound important but have no real meaning or action
1
7.4
Loud words that try to threaten or impress but have no real meaning
Talk that shows off by making things seem better than they are
Talking about yourself to show how good you are
Antonyms
How Boastful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vaporings comes from vapor, which once meant 'steam' or 'breath'. Think of a puff of steam that quickly disappears, and you can see why vaporings came to mean boastful or empty talk that has no real substance.