vaporish
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈveɪpərɪʃ/
- US
- As the steam rose from the hot tea, it took on a vaporish appearance that danced in the air.
Examples
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The artist used soft, vaporish colors that gave the painting an ethereal quality.
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The morning mist created a vaporish effect that enveloped the landscape.
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"For a minute there, I thought you were gonna go all vaporish on me." "I don't get the vapors, Detective," she informed him.
Fiction book (1999) -
Her Ladyship, always vaporish and nervous, plunged into devotion with so much fervor that you would have imagined her almost distracted at times.
Synonyms
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3.4
Very light and delicate, often seeming to float
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3.2
Full of steam or covered in mist
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7.2
Light and not solid, like a dream fading at dawn
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8.2
Misty because tiny drops of water fill the air
Looking light and cloudy like steam or mist
Looks or moves like air, being light and not solid
Antonyms
How Vaporous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word vaporish comes from the word vapor ('steam' or 'mist') plus the ending -ish ('like' or 'having the quality of'), like in childish. So vaporish means 'like vapor', light, misty, or likely to fade, which explains its modern meaning.