What is another word for vapours?

Pronunciation: [vˈe͡ɪpəz] (IPA)

Vapours are a common occurrence in the atmosphere and can come in a variety of forms. Some common synonyms for the word vapours include mist, fog, steam, smoke, and haze. These words all describe different types of vapor that can be found in the environment. Mist and fog are both types of suspended water droplets, with mist being lighter and less dense than fog. Steam is often the result of boiling water or the release of hot air. Smoke refers to the byproduct of burning materials, and haze is a thin layer of air pollution that can obscure visibility. Understanding these synonyms can help to better describe and communicate about the presence of vapours in different contexts.

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Usage examples for Vapours

But in front of them, overhead, the wind was still at work, and there were threads of keen blue now appearing over the twisting vapours.
"The Beautiful Wretch; The Pupil of Aurelius; and The Four Macnicols"
William Black
There was a motion made to call on the parson for some of his old legends or ghost stories; but to this Lady Lillycraft objected, as they were apt to give her the vapours.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
Low on the utmost bound'ry of the sight The rising vapours catch the silver light; Thence fancy measures as they parting fly Which first will throw its shadow on the eye, Passing the source of light; and thence away Succeeded quick by brighter still than they.
"Afoot in England"
W.H. Hudson

Famous quotes with Vapours

  • Tea does our fancy aid, Repress those vapours which the head invade, And keeps that palace of the soul serene.
    Edmund Waller
  • Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land.
    Kit Williams
  • Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word.
    Psalm
  • Among its [Boresko's] curiosities is a high rock, which overhangs a fearful precipice, whose bottom is just as much below the surface of the surrounding country as the summit of the rock is above the surface. From its summit the rock presents the most enchanting views that the country affords... The atmosphere exerts, however, a medical influence. While inhaling it, each person possesses in imagination whatever he desires at the moment: riches, health, power, or even a lady's love. The place is appropriately termed the pinnacle of hope. ...Hither come ...all persons who wish to cheat the present moment of its anguish by pleasant anticipations of the future. Occasionally, however, a peculiar madness seizes the visiters, and they jump from the delightful pinnacle into the abyss below, whose noxious vapours prostrate all the energies of life, and reverse all the reveries of hope.
    Alexander Bryan Johnson
  • Behold him setting in his western skies, The shadows lengthening as the vapours rise.
    John Dryden

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