empty-headed
[emp-tee-hed-id]
adjective
lacking intelligence or knowledge; foolish; brainless.
Origin of empty-headed
First recorded in 1640–50
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Related Words for empty-headed
brainless, dizzy, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, ignorant, illiterate, inane, silly, skittish, stupid, uneducated, unschooled, untaught, vacant, vacuous, know-nothingExamples from the Web for empty-headed
Contemporary Examples of empty-headed
Not even the most open-hearted (and empty-headed) idealist could look at these developments as a healthy sign for our society.
Historical Examples of empty-headed
He was as silent and sagacious as Sarah was talkative and empty-headed.
The Peace Egg and Other talesJuliana Horatia Ewing
Both were young, pretty, and empty-headed; neither was burdened with children nor ideas.
Under FireCharles King
Henrietta Hen was an empty-headed creature with strange notions.
The Tale of Benny BadgerArthur Scott Bailey
The most sanguine and empty-headed of mortals would never have looked for it in her.
TheoMrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
He would never have been more than an empty-headed pleasure-seeker.
The Art of DisappearingJohn Talbot Smith
empty-headed
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