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vaporousness

vaporousness

9.9
A state when the air is full of mist and looks cloudy
  • noun
  • /ˈveɪpərəsnəs/
translation icon : vaporosidad
  • The painting captured the vaporousness of the fog as it rolled across the harbor.

Examples

  • The heavy vaporousness of the morning made it difficult to see the distant hills.

  • She described the forest air's vaporousness after a night of rain.

  • The vaporousness of the morning fog created a mystical atmosphere.

  • The vaporousness in the air made it difficult to see the mountains.

  • The heavy vaporousness of the morning made it difficult to see the distant hills.

  • She described the forest air's vaporousness after a night of rain.

  • The painting captured the vaporousness of the fog as it rolled across the harbor.

Synonyms

nebulosity
vsvaporousness
  • Specialized
1 9.8

A faint cloudy mass, for example around a star or in a liquid

focuses on tiny droplets or gas that blur surfaces, not vast diffuse masses
cloudiness
vsvaporousness
1 3.2

A liquid or the sky that is not clear because it has small bits in it

is about being filled with small airborne droplets or particles that obscure details
murkiness
vsvaporousness
1 5.9

Cloudy darkness that makes it hard to see through water or air

is about neutral light conditions with airborne droplets causing blur, not darkness
mistiness
vsvaporousness
5.8

A thin cloud near the ground that makes things hard to see

is about a general film of tiny particles or gas making things indistinct
haziness
vsvaporousness
4.4

A thin mist in the air that makes things hard to see

focuses on a wet or gaseous blur made by airborne droplets, not dry dust
steaminess
vsvaporousness
5.4

Air full of mist that makes things look cloudy

refers to a general presence of fine droplets or gas, without the warmth
fogginess
vsvaporousness
4.1

A lot of fog in the air that makes it hard to see

describes a lighter dispersed film in the air rather than a dense bank
unclarity
vsvaporousness
7.5

A cloudy state in water or a photo that makes it hard to see through

specifies that the blur comes from small airborne droplets or gas

Antonyms

335 2.8

A physical material that objects are made of

30 2.7

How easy it is to see through something like clean water

How Hazy

thick fog
2 1.3
fog
155 1.0
vaporousness
9.9
haze
41 3.4
clarity
30 2.7

Surface Forms

vaporousness singular

Morphology

vaporousness = vaporous (transparent) = vapor + ous + ness

Formed by the regular nominalizing suffix '-ness' added to the adjective 'vaporous'.

Etymology

Vaporousness comes from the simple word vapor, which means 'steam' or 'mist', and from the parts -ous meaning 'full of' and -ness meaning 'the state of'. So, vaporousness is the state of being full of mist or steam, which makes things look cloudy or unclear.