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English
Etymology
From empty + headed; compare airheaded.
Adjective
empty-headed (comparative more empty-headed, superlative most empty-headed)
- Silly and lacking sense or discretion; featherbrained or scatterbrained.
- Synonyms: absent-minded, peabrain
1977 April 30, Steve Blevins, “A Sack-full of Films”, in Gay Community News, page 11:Never has a group of actors uttered as many mealy-mouthed platitudes as you'll find bouncing off the walls of this empty-headed film.
2021 December 7, Jesse Hassenger, “Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence cope with disaster in the despairing satire Don’t Look Up”, in AV Club:Hill, though, captures the entitled, empty-headed viciousness of the wealthy elites the film tries to eviscerate.
- Stupid.
- Synonyms: brainless, peabrain; see also Thesaurus:stupid
2024 November 25, Max Brockman, “P.I. Undercover: New York” (11:26 from the start), in What We Do in the Shadows, season 6, episode 8, spoken by Laszlo Cravensworth (Matt Berry):“Doesn't matter. That man is not the leader.” “But he is the main guy on the show.” “He is an actor, Nandor. A simpleton who paints his face. He is an empty-headed puppet who thinks the world loves him, when in actual fact, he is nothing more than a lapdog begging for scraps.” “No, he is not the leader. That would be another devil who pulls the strings. The halfwit they call the director.”
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