Vaporous vs Sombre - What's the difference?
vaporous | sombre | Related terms |
Relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial.
* 1594, William Shakespeare, The Rape of Lucrece
* 1605, Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning
Dark; gloomy.
Dull or dark in colour.
Melancholy; dismal.
* Beaconsfield
Grave.
(obsolete) gloom; obscurity; duskiness
Vaporous is a related term of sombre.
As an adjective vaporous
is relating to vapour; misty, foggy, obscure, insubstantial.As a verb sombre is
.vaporous
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Alternative forms
* vapourousAdjective
(en adjective)- O hateful, vaporous , and foggy night!
- 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.
sombre
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Alternative forms
* (US ) somberAdjective
(er)- The dinner was silent and sombre ; happily it was also short.
- a sombre situation