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What is the adjective for vapourish?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs vapor, vaporize, vapour, vaporise, vaporate and vapourize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

vapourish

Characteristic of vapour.
(dated) hypochondriacal; affected by hysterics; splenetic; peevish
Examples:

“Ameaty, vapourish smell of beef and mutton, sausages and mash, hangs down like a damp net in the middle of the eating-house.”

“The rain had ceased, the heavy clouds were blown away, and the air was thin and clear, although vapourish mists were being driven swiftly across the moon.”

vaporsome

Full of vapor, vaporous, steamy
(figuratively) without substance shallow, empty

vapory

Resembling vapor; vaporous.]
Characterized by the presence of vapor; full of, or obscured by, vapor.
Synonyms:

airy, ethereal, vaporous, gaseous, aerial, aery, atmospheric, pneumatic, invisible, halituous, aeriform, murky, misty, clouded, cloudy, smoggy, steamy, gauzy, foggy, milky, hazy, smoky, dim, soupy, brumous, beclouded, befogged, overcast, dingy, gray, dark, gloomy, grey, filmy, dull, woozy, muzzy, bleary, fuggy, woolly, claggy, wooly, fogged in, obscure, dewy, mushy, muddy, opaque, overclouded … more

Examples:

“Their breath was blown in two vapory columns from their nostrils and drifted about their heads like steam about a locomotive.”

“The vapory masses above the strait may cause the pictures to be surrounded by a colored line.”

“The vapory outline of the mountain seemed to be bent upwards into the air.”

vapored

Wet with vapors; moist.
Affected with the vapors.

vaporous

Relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial.
Synonyms:

gaseous, vapory, airy, ethereal, halituous, pneumatic, aerial, atmospheric, invisible, aeriform, aery, cloudy, clouded, hazy, murky, smoggy, dim, obscure, misty, foggy, smoky, steamy, soupy, gauzy, brumous, beclouded, befogged, fumy, steaming, claggy, overcast, dingy, gloomy, filmy, gray, dark, grey, dull, muzzy, fuggy, woozy, bleary, woolly, wooly, fogged in, evaporating, fumelike, dewy … more

Examples:

“The vaporous gases are less destructive than liquid gases, and when these gases contaminate the supplies, the contamination can be removed with little difficulty and within short limits of time.”

“We looked up to examine the composition of this vaporous mist, and to ascertain whether we might call it a haze, mist, or fog.”

“Keep the vaporous and flammable chemicals in a dark place with cold temperature, away from fire or direct sun exposure.”

vaporescent

(rare) Becoming vaporous; producing or emitting vapor.
Synonyms:

volatile, combustible, flammable, inflammable, explosive, eruptive, evaporative, labile, unstable, vaporous … more

Examples:

“I sipped instant decaf and peered into the freezer at vaporescent packages of food piled in a heap atop the collected remains of Jim Kunkel.”

vapourizable

Oxford British English form of vaporizable

vaporific

(chemistry) Producing vapour; tending to pass, or to cause to pass, into vapor.
Examples:

“The statement of Dr. Thomson refers to the completion, or last stage, of the discovery, namely the vaporific combination of heat.”

vaporlike

Resembling vapor; vaporous, misty.

vaporose

Full of vapour; vaporous.

vapourescent

Alternative form of vaporescent

vapourisable

(British spelling) Alternative form of vaporizable

vapoury

Resembling or characteristic of vapour.
Examples:

“At the time, it probably didn't help Labour that their leader's passion was for something as vapoury as Britishness.”

“And those white shapes enfolding her were surely never bridal veils, but vapoury wings that rose above her golden head, and swept down curving to her feet.”

vaporish

Alternative spelling of vapourish
Examples:

“No wonder the political writing in the press seems to us vaporish and without definite aims.”

“Through the hazy atmosphere a cloud of dun, vaporish red could be seen trailing over the dim fells.”

“Who else writes with that kind of over-the-top commitment to vaporish states in these late, undeceived days?”

vaporised

Alternative spelling of vaporized

vapourlike

Alternative spelling of vaporlike

vaporiform

(archaic) Existing in a vaporous state.

vaporizable

Capable of being vaporized.
Examples:

“The compounds and particles are not vaporizable, but the mixture as a whole is.”

“The topical application may be in the form of a solution, a semisolid, a solid, a spray solution or a vaporizable solution.”

“This work describes the development of polycarbonates as a thermally-triggered vaporizable substrate platform.”

vapourous

Alternative form of vaporous
Examples:

“The wind began to rise and soon the vapourous mist began to eddy and whirl in wild confusion.”

vapoured

Alternative form of vapored

vaporiferous

Conveying or producing vapor.

vaporable

vaporizable
Examples:

“These resins have excellent dyeing property for the vaporable or thermally diffusible dyes.”

“The body lotion and the aromatic are vaporable so that they will be vaporized by the body temperature.”

vaporing

vaporized

simple past tense and past participle of vaporize
Synonyms:

vaporizing

present participle of vaporize
Synonyms:

vapouring

present participle of vapour

vaporising

present participle of vaporise

vaporated

simple past tense and past participle of vaporate

vaporating

present participle of vaporate

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