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Synonyms for vaporings

Grammar : Noun
Spell : vey-per-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈveɪ pər ɪŋ

Définition of vaporings

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
Example sentences :
  • It was almost impossible to believe that he meant his vaporings for seriousness.
  • Extract from : « A Virginia Scout » by Hugh Pendexter
  • They were considered as merely the vaporings of an idle mind.
  • Extract from : « Hands Up; or Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains » by D. J. Cook
  • He had not been in the habit of troubling Dick, or indeed any one, with his vaporings.
  • Extract from : « Old Crow » by Alice Brown
  • I am not enamored of the vaporings of visionary and self-ordained preachers.
  • Extract from : « Destiny » by Charles Neville Buck
  • Whatever others thought of Siclone's vaporings, they counted for a good deal on the West End; nobody wanted trouble with him.
  • Extract from : « The Nerve of Foley » by Frank H. Spearman
  • He shook his head, as one who listens to the vaporings of an imbecile, but turned to obey.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories, May, 1931 » by Various
  • Ricardo, accustomed to these vaporings, remained a long time silent.
  • Extract from : « The Marquis of Pealta (Marta y Mara) » by Armando Palacio Valds
  • It could not be because Van Lennop had resented his patronage and his vaporings to any such extent as this; he was not that kind.
  • Extract from : « The Lady Doc » by Caroline Lockhart
  • I can tell you, none of the "climbers" and the cocktail crowd are going to bring their vaporings into my house.
  • Extract from : « Rolling Stones » by O. Henry
  • How different from the vaporings of the mystic, the gloom of the ascetic, and the austerities of the monk!
  • Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume I » by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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