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EMPTY-HEADED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does empty-headed mean?
• EMPTY-HEADED (adjective)
The adjective EMPTY-HEADED has 1 sense:
1. lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
Familiarity information: EMPTY-HEADED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
Synonyms:
airheaded; dizzy; empty-headed; featherbrained; giddy; light-headed; lightheaded; silly
Context example:
silly giggles
Similar:
frivolous (not serious in content or attitude or behavior)
Context examples
Sir William Lucas, and his daughter Maria, a good-humoured girl, but as empty-headed as himself, had nothing to say that could be worth hearing, and were listened to with about as much delight as the rattle of the chaise.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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