Antonyms for vaporing

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : vey-per-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈveɪ pər ɪŋ

Definition of vaporing

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 delusions of grandeur : noun overestimation of one's own importance
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 :

Sir, there has been a good deal of vaporing on this subject.
Extract from : « American Eloquence, Volume III. (of 4) » by Various

After all the vaporing, I have no expectation of a serious war.
Extract from : « The Life of Albert Gallatin » by Henry Adams

The morning was hurrying by and this vaporing was a hindrance to be shuffled off.
Extract from : « Rose MacLeod » by Alice Brown

She saw herself as the most useless, vaporing and purblind of mortals.
Extract from : « Septimus » by William J. Locke

Ralph, thy news has stirred me into vaporing, and the man who built the Orb mill is prating like a child.
Extract from : « Lorimer of the Northwest » by Harold Bindloss

Never was so good an opportunity for my countrymen to turn out and crush that vaporing, blustering bully to atoms.
Extract from : « Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution » by John Adams

"Gifford was brought up in a bad school—a vaporing fellow, not true to any of his obligations," said Mr. Oliver Smith.
Extract from : « The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax » by Harriet Parr

But these South Carolina economists are better at vaporing than at calculation.
Extract from : « The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V » by James Russell Lowell

His teachings were but vaporing talk to her small mind and to those of many of the people.
Extract from : « Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) » by Charles Morris

Synonyms for vaporing

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