empty-headed
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˈɛmptiˈhɛdɪd/
- Offensive
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- He often makes empty-headed comments that don't contribute to the discussion.
- foolish and empty-headed
- so empty-headed
Examples
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The class was filled with empty-headed chatter instead of serious debate.
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What an empty-headed, argumentative, suspicious, and spooky old woman she turned out to be, he thought.
Fiction book (1996) -
And they don't care how empty headed she is.
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"Baron, I sometimes think you are quite empty-headed.
Fiction book (1994) -
He'll be an empty-headed robot wandering around Hollywood.
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And if you think I'm gonna let you take that away from me, you're as empty-headed as the rest of them.
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As if I should spend my life with that empty-headed creature and his beautiful, empty-headed children!
Fiction book (1991) -
I'm not an empty-headed liberal; I don't really believe the myth that "all opinions are equal."
Blog text (11) -
Big-hearted and empty-headed.
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All of us, beginners and veterans, run head-on into those despair-inducing stretches when the blank page just peers back at us, and even the dog looks over in pity while we sit there, exposed and empty-headed, our mouths ajar.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.0
Not sensible and often a little foolish
39
4.1
Not thinking or paying attention before acting
24
3.5
Very stupid and not using common sense
18
4.1
Having a blank look that shows no thought or interest
16
7.9
Not interesting or lively and often boring
12
3.9
Someone who is silly and not very serious
12
4.4
Acting silly and playful without being serious
6
7.7
Showing little thought or intelligence
5
8.2
Silly and a little forgetful in a friendly way
5
6.8
Acting without thinking or planning
1
7.3
Very stupid and showing little thought
1
5.0
Being silly and not serious in behavior
1
5.6
Not serious or sensible and often acting silly
1
9.9
Someone who is not smart and slow to understand
1
7.9
Not thinking carefully and often acting silly
1
9.8
Being very silly and not serious
1
8.8
Not very smart or sensible
1
7.9
Being very foolish and showing poor judgment
Not serious and likely to make bad choices
Silly and confused in the way someone thinks
Slow to understand or learn things
Being very foolish and clumsy in how someone thinks or acts
Very foolish and acting without thinking
Antonyms
How Silly
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Empty-headed comes from the simple words empty and head. Picture a head that is 'empty' inside, so the phrase describes someone who is silly or lacking serious thought.