different between vaporous vs steaming

English

Alternative forms

• vapourous

Etymology

From Middle French vapoureus, from Late Latin vap?r?sus (“full of steam”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?ve?p???s/

Adjective

vaporous (comparative more vaporous, superlative most vaporous)

1. Relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece

     O hateful, vaporous, and foggy night!

   • 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning

     So whosoever shall entertain high and vaporous imaginations, instead of a laborious and sober inquiry of truth, shall beget hopes and beliefs of strange and impossible shapes.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sti?m.??/
• Rhymes: -i?m??

Noun

steaming (countable and uncountable, plural steamings)

1. The action of steam on something.
2. The method of cooking by immersion in steam.
3. (Britain, informal) A form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus, train, etc.; see Steaming (crime).
4. Relating to the ability of a steam locomotive (etc.) to raise steam.

Translations

Adjective

steaming (comparative more steaming, superlative most steaming)

1. Giving off steam.

   We were served with steaming bowls of soup.

2. (slang) Very angry.

   I was steaming when I heard about their betrayal.

3. (slang) Extremely drunk.

Synonyms

• (giving off steam): steamy
• (very angry): apoplectic, enraged, furious; see also Thesaurus:angry
• (extremely drunk): paralytic, sloshed, wasted; see also Thesaurus:drunk

Translations

Verb

steaming

1. present participle of steam

Anagrams

• mangiest, mintages, negatism, teamings