Empty and Vague

Empty

Empty adjective - Not expressing any emotion.
Usage example: the refugees' faces had the dazed, empty look of despair

Vague and empty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vague" instead an adjective "Empty".

Nearby Words: emptiness, emptying, emptily

Vague

Vague adjective - Not expressed in precise terms.

Empty and vague are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Empty" instead an adjective "Vague".

Nearby Words: vagueness, vaguely

Both words in one sentence

  • Manga / Shinji Ikari Raising Project SEELE's vague and empty threats, and the meta play on its use of the school's media room when they abduct Rei.
  • Film / My Man Godfrey Irene herself is also a bit empty headed, though she has a much more forceful personality than her vague mother.
  • Drugs Are Bad This is worse when it's a morally vague World Half Empty, so any kind of message (intended or not) doesn't fit.
    Source: Drugs Are Bad
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