Antonyms for blank
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : blangk |
| Phonetic Transcription : blæŋk |
Definition of blank
Origin :- early 13c., "white, pale, colorless," from Old French blanc "white, shining," from Frankish *blank "white, gleaming," or some other West Germanic source (cf. Old Norse blakkr, Old English blanca "white horse;" Old High German blanc, blanch; German blank "shining, bright"), from Proto-Germanic *blangkaz "to shine, dazzle," extended form of PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)).
- Meaning "having empty spaces" evolved c.1400. Sense of "void of expression" (a blank look) is from 1550s. Spanish blanco, Italian bianco are said to be from Germanic. Related: Blankly, blankness.
- adj clear
- adj expressionless
- adj dumbfounded
- adj absolute, utter
- noun empty space
- Robin's pale, blank face had a sick look, a deadly smoothness.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- I will sign you a blank cheque, which your uncle can fill up with the amount he has stolen.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- The blank astonishment of her face had proved that to him beyond a doubt.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- But Rima, what had she expected that her face wore that blank look of surprise and pain?
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- The cover was blank; it was sealed with a small device, as of a ring seal.
- Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- His intellect was a blank; he had no knowledge, no desires, no affections.
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- Blank darkness enveloped him when first he opened eyes to wonder.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- She was so much out, and so much in her own room, that he began to miss her and to find a blank in her place.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- He mentioned this now in his own office, and Roland received it with blank consternation.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- But we must now regard the application of blank verse to the use of the drama.
- Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald
Synonyms for blank
- abyss
- at a loss
- awestruck
- bare
- barren
- bewildered
- cavity
- chasm
- clean
- complete
- confounded
- confused
- dazed
- deadpan
- disconcerted
- downright
- dull
- emptiness
- empty
- fresh
- fruitless
- gap
- gulf
- hiatus
- hole
- hollow
- hollowness
- immobile
- impassive
- inane
- inexpressive
- inscrutable
- interstice
- interval
- lacuna
- lifeless
- masklike
- meaningless
- muddled
- new
- nihility
- noncommittal
- nonplussed
- nothingness
- nullity
- omission
- opening
- out-and-out
- outright
- pale
- perfect
- plain
- poker-faced
- preterition
- pretermission
- regular
- sheer
- skip
- spotless
- stiff
- straight-out
- stupefied
- stupid
- tabula rasa
- thorough
- total
- uncommunicative
- uncompleted
- uncomprehending
- unconditional
- unexpressive
- unfilled
- unmarked
- unqualified
- untouched
- unused
- vacancy
- vacant
- vacuity
- vacuous
- vacuum
- vague
- virgin
- virginal
- void
- white
- womb
- wonderstruck
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