vapors
Mists and fogs
Vapors refers to visible suspensions of particles in the air—steam, mist, or gaseous substances: toxic vapors from the chemical plant.
Historically, the vapors was a catch-all diagnosis for women's ailments attributed to exhalations from internal organs, manifesting as fainting, anxiety, or emotional outbursts.
The term now appears ironically: I nearly got the vapors when I saw the bill.
Heated water's gaseous form
- mistFine airborne moisture
- fumesAirborne chemical irritants
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- exhalationsAir released from lungs
effluvia · miasma · aerosol · haze · fog · smog · exhaust · condensation
Dried smoking leaf
- cigarettePaper-wrapped tobacco cylinder
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- fumesAirborne chemical irritants
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
wisp · curl · plume · drift · waft · billow · rise · dissipate
Temporary loss of consciousness
- swoonLose consciousness briefly
- fitsIs correct size
- melancholiaProfound, enduring sorrow
- nervousnessState of anxious unease
neurasthenia · palpitations · dizzy spells · lightheadedness · swooning · faintness · fluttering · agitation
Lasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- dissipatingScattering and fading out
- vanishingCeasing to be visible
fading · insubstantial · intangible · incorporeal · dissolving · melting · passing · momentary
Aimless conversation
- hot airMeaningless boastful talk
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
- bombastPretentious hollow language
grandiloquence · puffery · bravado · pretension · affectation · airs · posturing · pomposity
steam
Heated water's gaseous form
exhalations · effluvia · miasma · aerosol · haze · fog · smog · exhaust · condensation · volatile
tobacco
Dried smoking leaf
- cigarettePaper-wrapped tobacco cylinder
- incenseAnger greatly, or aromatic resin
- fumesAirborne chemical irritants
haze · wisp · curl · plume · drift · waft · billow · rise · dissipate · linger
fainting
Temporary loss of consciousness
- swoonLose consciousness briefly
- fitsIs correct size
- melancholiaProfound, enduring sorrow
nervousness · neurasthenia · palpitations · dizzy spells · lightheadedness · swooning · faintness · fluttering · agitation · distress
ephemeral
Lasting very briefly
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- evanescentTending to vanish quickly
- dissipatingScattering and fading out
vanishing · fading · insubstantial · intangible · incorporeal · dissolving · melting · passing · momentary · impermanent
idle talk
Aimless conversation
- hot airMeaningless boastful talk
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
bombast · grandiloquence · puffery · bravado · pretension · affectation · airs · posturing · pomposity · vainglory
- hazmathazmat suit, hazmat, hazardous materials, biohazard, dangerous goods
- Greek OraclesDelphi, oracle of Delphi, oracles, prophecies, seer
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- fire byproductssmoke, soot, ash, embers, char
- chemical hazardspoisoning, neurotoxin, carcinogenicity, fumes, chemical burns
- combustion productssmoke, soot, ash, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide
vaporssubstance
Physical material with mass
density · mass · bulk · body · corporeality
vaporscomposure
Emotional self-control
steadiness · equanimity · clarity · calmness · groundedness
- water vaporH₂O in gaseous state
- vapor trailsCondensed exhaust behind aircraft
- vapor rubMentholated topical decongestant
- vapour trailCondensed aircraft exhaust visible aloft
- water vapourAirborne moisture, gaseous state
- toxic vaporsHarmful airborne chemical emissions
vapor, evaporate, evaporation, vaporous, vaporize, evaporating, vaporized, vapour, vaporizer