vacuous

3 definitions found

vacuous - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vacuous \Vac"u*ous\ (v[a^]k"[-u]*[u^]s), a. [L. vacuus. See
     Vacant.]
     Empty; unfilled; void; vacant.
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           Boundless the deep, because I am who fill
           Infinitude; nor vacuous the space.       --Milton.
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           That the few may lead selfish and vacuous days. --J.
                                                    Morley.
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vacuous - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  vacuous
      adj 1: devoid of intelligence [syn: asinine, fatuous,
             inane, mindless, vacuous]
      2: devoid of significance or point; "empty promises"; "a hollow
         victory"; "vacuous comments" [syn: empty, hollow,
         vacuous]
      3: devoid of matter; "a vacuous space"
      4: void of expression; "a blank stare" [syn: blank, vacuous]

vacuous - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  111 Moby Thesaurus words for "vacuous":
     airy, asinine, awkward, bare, barren, bland, blank, blankminded,
     bleached, callow, calm, catchpenny, characterless, clear, devoid,
     dumb, empty, empty-headed, empty-minded, empty-pated,
     empty-skulled, existless, fatuous, featureless, flimsy, foolish,
     fribble, fribbling, frivolous, frothy, futile, gauche, green,
     groping, hollow, idle, ignorant, inane, incogitant, inexperienced,
     innocent, insipid, jejune, know-nothing, lacking, light, minus,
     missing, naive, negative, nescient, nirvanic, nonexistent,
     nugacious, nugatory, null, null and void, oblivious, otiose,
     passive, quietistic, rattlebrained, rattleheaded, raw, relaxed,
     scatterbrained, shallow, silly, simple, slender, slight,
     strange to, superficial, tentative, thoughtfree, thoughtless,
     tranquil, trifling, trite, trivial, unacquainted, unapprized,
     uncomprehending, unconversant, unenlightened, unexisting,
     unfamiliar, unideaed, unilluminated, uninformed, uninitiated,
     unintellectual, unintelligent, unknowing, unoccupied, unposted,
     unreasoning, unrelieved, unripe, unsure, unthinking, unversed,
     vacant, vain, vapid, void, white, windy, with nothing inside,
     without being, without content