Devoid and Gone

Devoid

Devoid adjective - Utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected.

Gone and devoid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gone" instead an adjective "Devoid".

Gone

Gone adjective - No longer existing.

Devoid and gone are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Devoid" instead an adjective "Gone".

Nearby Words: go, goner, goneness

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / The Haunting Hour The following morning, Tammi and Artie wake up to find their parents gone and the place absolutely devoid of life.
  • Ret Gone With the goddess now devoid of followers, the Ret Gone effectively killed her.
    Source: Ret Gone
  • Manic Pixie Dream Girl According to one interpretation, Miranda from Hilaire Belloc's poem "Tarantella" can be an example of this: a wild woman who falls for the protagonist and gives meaning to his life; so much, in fact, that later when she's gone, his life is devoid of meaning, and he probably commits suicide.
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