vaporousness
State of haziness
Vaporousness is the quality of being vaporous—hazy, insubstantial, or lacking solid form.
The word applies literally to mist or steam, but more often describes something abstract and hard to pin down: the vaporousness of her promises, a certain vaporousness in his philosophical arguments.
It suggests ideas or qualities that seem to dissolve when examined closely.
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- incorporealNot made of matter
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- spectralGhostlike or wavelength-related
phantasmal · impalpable · bodiless · nonphysical · invisible · unseen · formless · shapeless
Thin and insubstantial
- gossamerFilmy, delicate material
- tenuousLacking solid foundation
- airyLight and well-ventilated
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
diaphanous · filmy · sheer · delicate · fragile · nebulous · lightweight · gauzy
Passing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
- passingMoving by or temporary
brief · transitory · vanishing · fading · dissipating · short-lived · fugitive · impermanent
ethereal
Delicate beyond earthly measure
- immaterialLacking physical form; unimportant
- incorporealNot made of matter
- ghostlyResembling a specter
spectral · phantasmal · impalpable · bodiless · nonphysical · invisible · unseen · formless · shapeless · disembodied
wispy
Thin and insubstantial
ethereal · diaphanous · filmy · sheer · delicate · fragile · nebulous · lightweight · gauzy · thin
fleeting
Passing very quickly
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- momentaryLasting very briefly
passing · brief · transitory · vanishing · fading · dissipating · short-lived · fugitive · impermanent · temporary
fog
Low-lying cloud cover
condensation · brume · nebulosity · spray · dew · moisture · wisp · gauze · veil · murk
murkiness
Dimness, lack of clarity
- blurrinessLack of visual clarity
- opacityImpermeability to light
- dimnessInsufficient illumination
gloom · shadow · shroud · overcast · turbidity · smog · veil · duskiness · indistinctness · fuzziness
vaporousnesssolidity
Firmness of structure
density · solidness · compactness · hardness · firmness
vaporousnesssubstantiality
Concrete, tangible existence
concreteness · tangibility · solidity · materiality · groundedness
vapor, evaporate, evaporation, vaporous, evaporated, vaporize, vapour, vaporization, evaporator