Antonyms for vapored


Grammar : Verb
Spell : vey-per
Phonetic Transcription : ˈveɪ pər


Definition of vapored

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Anglo-French vapour, from Latin vaporem (nominative vapor) "exhalation, steam, heat," of unknown origin. Vapors "fit of fainting, hysteria, etc." is 1660s, from medieval notion of "exhalations" from the stomach or other organs affecting the brain.
  • As in spout : verb talk forcefully
  • As in bluster : verb bully, intimidate
  • As in boast : verb brag
  • As in generalize : verb make a sweeping assumption, statement
Example sentences :
  • How insane it was to expect any such thing to happen as Vanlief had vapored of!
  • Extract from : « The Imitator » by Percival Pollard
  • You may imagine what a passion I was in when I vapored and blustered in that way.
  • Extract from : « The Queen of Hearts » by Wilkie Collins
  • "She needn't to have done that about her piano," vapored Mr. Vertrees.
  • Extract from : « The Turmoil » by Booth Tarkington
  • He vapored of the family as if, instead of plain Brown, it had been born in the purple.
  • Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 33, November 1877 » by Various

Synonyms for vapored

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