Synonyms for vacuous
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : vak-yoo-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈvæk yu əs |
Top 10 synonyms for vacuous Other synonyms for the word vacuous
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for vacuous
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