'Inane' definitions:
Definition of 'inane'
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Definition of 'Inane'
From: GCIDE
- Inane \In*ane"\, a. [L. inanis.] Without contents; empty; void of sense or intelligence; purposeless; pointless; characterless; useless. "Vague and inane instincts." --I. Taylor. -- {In*ane"ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Inane'
From: GCIDE
- Inane \In*ane"\, n. That which is void or empty. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- The undistinguishable inane of infinite space. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inane'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absurd,
- aimless,
- airy,
- apish,
- arid,
- asinine,
- awkward,
- bare,
- barren,
- batty,
- befooled,
- beguiled,
- besotted,
- blah,
- bland,
- blank,
- blankminded,
- bleached,
- bloodless,
- bonkers,
- bootless,
- brainless,
- buffoonish,
- callow,
- calm,
- catchpenny,
- characterless,
- clear,
- cockeyed,
- cold,
- colorless,
- counterproductive,
- crazy,
- credulous,
- cuckoo,
- daffy,
- daft,
- dazed,
- dead,
- designless,
- devoid,
- dilute,
- diluted,
- dippy,
- doting,
- dotty,
- draggy,
- drearisome,
- dreary,
- driveling,
- dry,
- dryasdust,
- dull,
- dumb,
- dusty,
- effete,
- elephantine,
- empty,
- empty-headed,
- empty-minded,
- empty-pated,
- empty-skulled,
- etiolated,
- fade,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- featureless,
- feckless,
- flaky,
- flat,
- flavorless,
- flimsy,
- fond,
- fool,
- foolheaded,
- foolish,
- fribble,
- fribbling,
- frivolous,
- frothy,
- fruitless,
- fuddled,
- futile,
- gaga,
- garbled,
- gauche,
- goofy,
- green,
- groping,
- gruelly,
- gulled,
- heavy,
- ho-hum,
- hollow,
- idiotic,
- idle,
- ignorant,
- imbecile,
- imbecilic,
- importless,
- inadequate,
- incogitant,
- indifferent,
- ineffective,
- ineffectual,
- inefficacious,
- inept,
- inexcitable,
- inexperienced,
- infatuated,
- innocent,
- innocuous,
- inoperative,
- insane,
- insignificant,
- insipid,
- invalid,
- jejune,
- know-nothing,
- kooky,
- laughable,
- leaden,
- lifeless,
- light,
- loony,
- low-spirited,
- ludicrous,
- lunatic,
- mad,
- maudlin,
- meaningless,
- mild,
- milk-and-water,
- moronic,
- naive,
- namby-pamby,
- nescient,
- nirvanic,
- nonconnotative,
- nondenotative,
- nonsensical,
- nugacious,
- nugatory,
- null,
- null and void,
- nuts,
- nutty,
- oblivious,
- of no force,
- otiose,
- pale,
- pallid,
- pappy,
- passive,
- pedestrian,
- phatic,
- plodding,
- pointless,
- poky,
- ponderous,
- preposterous,
- pulpy,
- purportless,
- purposeless,
- quietistic,
- rattlebrained,
- rattleheaded,
- raw,
- relaxed,
- ridiculous,
- risible,
- sapless,
- sappy,
- savorless,
- scatterbrained,
- scrambled,
- screwy,
- senseless,
- sentimental,
- shallow,
- silly,
- simple,
- slender,
- slight,
- slow,
- solemn,
- spiceless,
- spiritless,
- stale,
- sterile,
- stiff,
- stodgy,
- strange to,
- stuffy,
- stupid,
- superficial,
- tasteless,
- tedious,
- tentative,
- thin,
- thoughtfree,
- thoughtless,
- tranquil,
- trifling,
- trite,
- trivial,
- unacquainted,
- unapprized,
- unavailing,
- uncomprehending,
- unconversant,
- unenlightened,
- unfamiliar,
- unflavored,
- unideaed,
- unilluminated,
- uninformed,
- uninitiated,
- unintellectual,
- unintelligent,
- unknowing,
- unlively,
- unmeaning,
- unoccupied,
- unposted,
- unreasonable,
- unreasoning,
- unrelieved,
- unripe,
- unsavory,
- unsignificant,
- unsure,
- unthinking,
- unversed,
- useless,
- vacant,
- vacuous,
- vain,
- vapid,
- void,
- wacky,
- washy,
- watered,
- watered-down,
- watery,
- weak,
- wet,
- white,
- windy,
- wishy-washy,
- with nothing inside,
- without content,
- witless,
- wooden