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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