empty-headedadjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˌemp.tiˈhed.ɪd/us/ˌemp.tiˈhed.ɪd/silly, stupid, or not having good judgment
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Stupid and silly
- (as) thick as two short planks idiom
- absurd
- adolescent
- against your better judgment idiom
- asinine
- be crazy about sb/sth idiom
- certifiable
- dotty
- dozy
- drink, laugh, etc. yourself silly idiom
- drivel
- dumb
- gibber
- loony
- loopy
- lumpen
- lumpish
- madcap
- slow
- wrongheaded
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Examples from literature
- He was as silent and sagacious as Sarah was talkative and empty-headed.
- I'm not an empty-headed boy.
- It taught me a lesson when I was nothing but an empty-headed girl.
- It was not as if Maisie were an empty-headed, empty-natured little girl.
- Restless, dissatisfied, empty-headed, he was the despair of his father.