Vacuity
[və'kjuːɪtɪ] or [və'kjuəti]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being vacuous, or not filled; emptiness; vacancy; as, vacuity of mind; vacuity of countenance.
(n.) Space unfilled or unoccupied, or occupied with an invisible fluid only; emptiness; void; vacuum.
(n.) Want of reality; inanity; nihility.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Emptiness, vacancy, inanity, inanition.[2]. Void, vacuum, empty space.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Emptiness, inanity, nihility, space, void
ANT:Fullness, substance, matter, occupation, quantity, bulk
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Examples
- Such sudden alternations from mental vacuity do sometimes occur thus quietly. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- And between the two, what a long stretch of vacuity! Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It was as though all the weariness of the past months had culminated in the vacuity of that interminable evening. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- The great traveller became quite interested in sounding the immense vacuity of my dulness to its lowest depths. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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