vapid
Origin of vapid
1Other words for vapid
1 | spiritless, unanimated, lifeless, tiresome, prosaic |
2 | flavorless |
Opposites for vapid
1 | stimulating |
2 | pungent |
Other words from vapid
- va·pid·i·ty, vap·id·ness, noun
- vap·id·ly, adverb
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How to use vapid in a sentence
It was a delicious, pointed response, skewering on the vapidity of asking such things, even if she didn't intend it to be.
Enjoy this video of New York Mag's Jonathan Chait explaining the vapidity of the "binders full of women" meme.
Imbecility, vapidity, and the commonplace distended themselves like the frog in the fable.
The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine | Heinrich HeineThe nervous vapidity of my first rattle, says the alter ego Vivian, soon subsided into a continuous flow of easy nonsense.
The Earl of Beaconsfield | James Anthony FroudeIn four hours, vapidity and languor will take place of that exquisite sense of joy, which flutters your little heart.
The Belle's Stratagem | Hannah Cowley
The eminent criminal novel is taken as a tonic by minds satiated with the vapidity of fashionable fiction.
A History of English Prose Fiction | Bayard TuckermanThe vapidity of a polite woman is bad, but the vapidity of a woman who is not polite is decidedly worse.
Modern Women and What is Said of Them | Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for vapid
/ (ˈvæpɪd) /
bereft of strength, sharpness, flavour, etc; flat
boring or dull; lifeless: vapid talk
Origin of vapid
1Derived forms of vapid
- vapidity, noun
- vapidly, adverb
- vapidness, noun
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