Antonyms for vapidity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : vap-id |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæp ɪd |
Definition of vapidity
Origin :- 1650s, "flat, insipid" (of drinks), from Latin vapidus "flat, insipid," literally "that has exhaled its vapor," related to vappa "stale wine," and probably to vapor "vapor." Applied from 1758 to talk and writing deemed dull and lifeless. Related: Vapidly.
- noun dullness
- noun insipidity
- The vapidity of a polite woman is bad, but the vapidity of a woman who is not polite is decidedly worse.
- Extract from : « Modern Women and What is Said of Them » by Anonymous
- He never frittered away his moments in the vapidity of a polite ballroom.
- Extract from : « Harvard Stories » by Waldron Kintzing Post
- The eminent criminal novel is taken as a tonic by minds satiated with the vapidity of fashionable fiction.
- Extract from : « A History of English Prose Fiction » by Bayard Tuckerman
- In four hours, vapidity and languor will take place of that exquisite sense of joy, which flutters your little heart.
- Extract from : « The Belle's Stratagem » by Hannah Cowley
- Imbecility, vapidity, and the commonplace distended themselves like the frog in the fable.
- Extract from : « The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine » by Heinrich Heine
Synonyms for vapidity
- aridity
- asepticism
- blandness
- boredom
- colorlessness
- commonplaceness
- drabness
- dreariness
- dryness
- familiarity
- flatness
- flavorlessness
- innocuousness
- insipidity
- insipidness
- jejuneness
- lifelessness
- monotomy
- routine
- sameness
- slowness
- staleness
- sterileness
- sterility
- stodginess
- tediousness
- tedium
- uninterestingness
- vapidness
- washiness
- wateriness
- weariness
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