Devoid
[dɪ'vɒɪd] or [dɪ'vɔɪd]
Definition
(v. t.) To empty out; to remove.
(v. t.) Void; empty; vacant.
(v. t.) Destitute; not in possession; -- with of; as, devoid of sense; devoid of pity or of pride.
Typist: Suzy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Vacant, empty, destitute, void.
Typed by Hannah
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Void, wanting, destitute, unendowed, unprovided
ANT:Furnished, supplied, replete, provided, gifted
Inputed by Allen
Definition
adj. destitute: free from.
Inputed by Effie
Examples
- The case is not entirely devoid of interest. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Devoid of parents, devoid of relations, devoid of flocks and herds, devoid of gold and silver and of precious stones. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You thought me then devoid of every proper feeling, I am sure you did. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Like its master, it was entirely devoid of hair, but was of a dark slate color and exceeding smooth and glossy. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The face which she turned towards us was of the strangest livid tint, and the features were absolutely devoid of any expression. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Salicylic acid is a white, dry, crystalline powder, devoid of smell or taste, undergoes no change when kept in store, and is neither inflammable nor volatile. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The law regards him, in every respect, as devoid of rights as a bale of merchandise. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He would only want her to be herself--he knew her verily, with a subconscious, sinister knowledge, devoid of illusions and hopes. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- All that he now enjoyed would have been devoid of pleasure to him, had it been unparticipated. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In his many books on natural history he of course pays great deference to the Philosopher, but h e is not devoid of original observation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Now, my friends, why do I say he is devoid of these possessions? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Imitation, then, is devoid of knowledge, being only a kind of play or sport, and the tragic and epic poets are imitators in the highest degree. Plato. The Republic.
- Not that this indulgence was devoid of accompanying grief. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Will they not be vile and bastard, devoid of truth and nature? Plato. The Republic.
Inputed by Effie