Antonyms for vacuous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : vak-yoo-uh s

Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæk yu əs

Definition of vacuous

Origin : 1640s, "empty," from Latin vacuus "empty, void, free" (see vacuum). Figurative sense of "empty of ideas" is from 1848. Related: Vacuously; vacuousness.

adj empty; unintelligent

Example sentences :

A sudden animation replaced the vacuous stare of the blue eyes.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

In less than a fortnight he had fallen to vacuous imbecility.
Extract from : « Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille » by Emile Zola

Those eyes were the shiny, vacuous, soulless eyes of a madman!
Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby

He was slouching along with his hands in his pockets, and a vacuous look in his face.
Extract from : « Novel Notes » by Jerome K. Jerome

Again a wait, while they looked at one another with vacuous eyes.
Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper

“The sooner, the quicker,” Tubbs answered, with his vacuous wit.
Extract from : « 'Me-Smith' » by Caroline Lockhart

With the closing of the door the vacuous look slipped from his face like a mask.
Extract from : « Brand Blotters » by William MacLeod Raine

He was delighted to find that, after weeks of vacuous worry, he had another idea.
Extract from : « The Innocents » by Sinclair Lewis

They have persecuted the believers, jeered at them, or damned them with a vacuous smile.
Extract from : « Mind and Body » by William Walker Atkinson

Did they move as dead men among the living, devitalised, vacuous calm?
Extract from : « The Weavers, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

Synonyms for vacuous

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