inanity

Examples

• All

• And that Hollywood veneer is not strong enough to stop her inanity from shining through.

• Now he murmured inanities as the line passed, all the while trying to deduce the underlying principles of modern dress.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Again, I was calm and quiet, actually laughing at the inanity of the entire situation.

  Blog text (33)

• Stop the inanity and call now for the amazing new rubbercizer.

  Holy Money (2009)

• I just like pointing out inanity whenever I see it, and you are a veritable diorama of it.

  Blog text (1)

• The inanity of much anti-Americanism aside, much of it is hopelessly contradictory.

  Academic text (2009)

• Otherwise you'd drown in your own inanity and your own insular self-regard.

  Blog text (1)

• And he was recalling this inanity vividly, hypnotized by it, when he almost hit the jogger.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The print and electronic media bombard our minds around the clock with news, advertisements, worries, and inanity while EMF radiation infiltrates our bodies.

  Academic text (1998)

• The teacher dismissed the student's inanity, saying it was not worth discussing.

Synonyms

I

idiocy

vsinanity

• Offensive

40 8.0

Very stupid or foolish behaviour often seen as offensive

emphasizes foolish emptiness and lack of ideas rather than innate low intellect

S

silliness

vsinanity

29 2.6

Playful or foolish behavior that is not serious and often funny

represents a more extreme, pointless foolishness rather than light playful behaviour

P

pointlessness

vsinanity

2 6.2

A state when something has no purpose or use

adds a sense of extreme foolishness or empty thought beyond mere purposelessness

S

senselessness

vsinanity

2 7.0

A state of having no meaning or purpose

also includes strong foolishness and trivial ideas beyond mere lack of reason

M

mindlessness

vsinanity

2 7.3

A lack of thought or care in what someone does

expresses stronger foolishness or lack of meaningful ideas rather than simple thoughtlessness

V

vacuity

vsinanity

1 9.2

A lack of ideas or meaning

also emphasizes extreme foolishness and lack of serious ideas rather than only emptiness

L

ludicrousness

vsinanity

1 7.5

A situation so silly or unreasonable that people laugh and do not believe it

leans more toward empty, extreme foolishness and lack of ideas rather than mere absurdity

V

vacuousness

vsinanity

• Formal

1 9.2

A state of being empty of meaning and thought

is often more about extreme foolish behavior or meaningless talk than mere emptiness

F

fatuousness

vsinanity

9.5

A state of being foolish and not thinking clearly

focuses more on general extreme foolishness rather than just empty mental content

A

absurdness

vsinanity

7.3

A situation that is very strange and does not make sense

is more about trivial or foolish emptiness rather than only illogical contradiction

F

farcicality

vsinanity

9.9

Being very silly and absurd so it seems like a bad joke

focuses instead on empty, extreme foolishness beyond theatrical or staged comedy

A

asininity

vsinanity

• Offensive

9.9

The state of being very foolish in a stubborn way

is more about pointless or empty thinking rather than fixed stubborn stupidity

W

witlessness

vsinanity

• Offensive

7.9

A lack of cleverness or quick thinking

tilts toward simple empty foolishness rather than only weak cleverness or wit

Antonyms

S

substance

188 4.3

The main idea of something said or written

S

seriousness

53 2.7

A calm and honest way of speaking or acting that shows you mean what you say

M

meaningfulness

1 4.9

Something that has a clear purpose or value

How Silly

absurdity

54 6.1

inanity

4 9.5

silliness

29 2.6

frivolity

9 6.7

triviality

6 5.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology