gaseous

adjective

ˈga-sē-əs How to pronounce gaseous (audio)
Definition of gaseousnext
as in rhetorical
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases a pompous professor known for his gaseous lectures that often put students to sleep

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Recent Examples of gaseous Scientists have observed this instability pattern in lake and ocean waves, cloud formation and the atmospheres of large gaseous planets such as Jupiter and Saturn. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026 One leading theory suggests that a large fraction of their total mass consists of gaseous envelopes composed of hydrogen and helium. — Chris Young july 30, Refractor, 30 July 2026 The problem with all those experiments was that the small, densely gaseous chambers used in the lab are nothing like your home. — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 July 2026 The sun’s brilliant disk is fully blocked, and the ethereal wisps of the corona—the sun’s gaseous atmosphere—come fully into view. — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for gaseous
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  1. rhetorical
  2. inflated
  3. gassy
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  • Maybe that’s what tips her into some recklessness of her own, with an explanation of Hal’s forceful personality and brilliant rhetorical style as being intoxicating.
    — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
  • That club includes former President Obama, whose rhetorical style has been compared to the young senator.
    — Jared Gans, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of rhetorical
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  • The boxes allegedly cost substantially less to produce, allowing the conspirators to use the inflated prices to finance bribes and divert government funds.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
  • As a result, conventional estimates produced inflated efficiency values that failed to reflect actual device behavior under operating conditions.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of inflated
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  • Others tried and failed too, despite survey data showing the basin’s gassy potential.
    — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The end result would be a gassy surface shining as brightly as a more exposed black hole but with the Balmer break and smooth red hump of a 5,000-kelvin star, de Graaff and Naidu theorized.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
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“Gaseous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gaseous. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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