vapory
- adjective
- /ˈveɪpəri/
- Literature
- Her plans for the future seemed vapory, lacking any concrete details.
Examples
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Edwards and his colleagues described Kingsley as a woman "with a weak, vapory habit," and they maintained that she had "greatly trusted in herself" in usurping ministerial authority.
Academic text (2005) -
"Once or twice I've used Molly Bloom's 'O rocks!' -- meaning that things have become rather vapory and ungrounded; put it plainly.
Academic text (2017) -
The author's ideas were so vapory that it was hard to follow his argument.
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His story was filled with vapory concepts that left the listeners confused.
Synonyms
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3.4
Very light and delicate, often seeming to float
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3.5
A thought that is not clear or detailed
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4.2
Light, soft fabric like a dress or curtains that moves easily in the air
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4.6
Faint and not clear, like a weak memory or light outline
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8.1
Having no real meaning or importance
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7.2
Light and not solid, like a dream fading at dawn
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9.9
Thin and faint like a light mist
Looking light and cloudy like steam or mist
Antonyms
How Substantial
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3.9
- Formal
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6.3
- Literature
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3.4
- Literature
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8.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Vapory is from the same root as vapor and evaporate, which mean 'steam' or 'to turn into steam'. So a vapory idea or promise is like steam—there but not solid, easy to disappear or hard to hold.