Thesaurus / inane
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To stand or sit next to someone important and make him feel insecure by saying inane but profound-sounding things.
STYLE CONVERSATIONAL WEEK 1461: YOU NAME IT!PAT MYERSNOVEMBER 4, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThis is all a very long lead-up to discussing Fox’s new series Alter Ego, a show so inane that the pendulum swings the other way and forces you to think anthropologically about how we got here.
‘ALTER EGO’ IS THE MOST DYSTOPIAN REALITY COMPETITION YETKEVIN FALLONSEPTEMBER 23, 2021THE DAILY BEASTWhich explains why the alternately charming and inane Cooking With Paris makes for such an uncanny viewing experience.
THE SURPRISINGLY COMPLICATED PLEASURES OF COOKING WITH PARISJUDY BERMANAUGUST 4, 2021TIMEBeyond social media, some of your friends also spam you with inane instant-message notifications.
HOW TO IGNORE PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA WITHOUT BLOCKING OR UNFOLLOWING THEMEMPIREJULY 21, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEIt might well be a shock to you that members of the United States Congress would attach their names to formal documents defaced with inane, lame, juvenile titles.
STYLE CONVERSATIONAL WEEK 1443: THE BALLAD OF GARY CROCKETTPAT MYERSJULY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAlarm grew in Garnache's mind, but his face maintained its foolish vacancy, its inane smile.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINII should not allow inane sentimentality to influence me: it is beneath the revolutionist.
PRISON MEMOIRS OF AN ANARCHISTALEXANDER BERKMANOne can get amongst set after set of fellows, and into plenty of inane fashionable drawing-rooms; but, bai Jove!
BY BIRTH A LADYGEORGE MANVILLE FENNAmong the Aryan nations an meant mind, and this term is clearly responsible for inane or without ane.
ARCHAIC ENGLANDHAROLD BAYLEYNext week I shall devour them and think them, no doubt, inane.
THE TRAGIC MUSEHENRY JAMESWORDS RELATED TO INANE
- absurd
- asinine
- batty
- crazy
- daft
- double talk
- doublespeak
- fatuous
- flaky
- foolish
- idiotic
- illogical
- imbecilic
- inane
- incongruous
- inconsistent
- insignificant
- irrational
- ludicrous
- mad
- mindless
- moronic
- nonsensical
- nutty
- pointless
- purportless
- purposeless
- ridiculous
- simple
- stupid
- trivial
- unimportant
- unintelligent
- unmeaning
- unreasonable
- unsound
- unwise
- wacky
- without rhyme or reason
- affected
- affectionate
- corny
- demonstrative
- dewy-eyed
- dreamy
- effusive
- gushing
- gushy
- histrionic
- histrionical
- idealistic
- impressionable
- inane
- insipid
- jejune
- languishing
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- maudlin
- moonstruck
- mushy
- nostalgic
- overacted
- overemotional
- passionate
- pathetic
- rosewater
- saccharine
- sappy
- schmaltzy
- silly
- simpering
- sloppy
- slushy
- soapy
- soft
- softhearted
- sugary
- sweet
- syrupy
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
- asinine
- balmy
- brainless
- childish
- crazy
- dippy
- dizzy
- empty
- empty-headed
- fatuous
- featherbrained
- flighty
- foolhardy
- frivolous
- harebrained
- idiotic
- ignorant
- illogical
- immature
- imprudent
- inane
- inappropriate
- inconsistent
- irrational
- irresponsible
- ludicrous
- meaningless
- muddle-headed
- nitwitted
- nonsensical
- pointless
- preposterous
- puerile
- ridiculous
- senseless
- sheepheaded
- simple
- simpleminded
- stupid
- unintelligent
- unreasonable
- unwise
- vacuous
- witless
- amateur
- asinine
- backward
- brainless
- credulous
- dense
- dimwitted
- dull
- dumb
- fat
- feeble
- foolish
- green
- gullible
- half-witted
- idiotic
- ignorant
- illiterate
- imbecile
- inane
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- insensate
- mindless
- moronic
- nitwitted
- obtuse
- senseless
- shallow
- silly
- simple-minded
- slow
- soft
- soft-headed
- stupid
- thick
- uneducated
- unintelligent
- witless
- amateur
- asinine
- backward
- brainless
- credulous
- dense
- dimwitted
- dull
- dumb
- fat
- feeble
- foolish
- green
- gullible
- half-witted
- idiotic
- ignorant
- illiterate
- imbecile
- inane
- inexperienced
- inexpert
- insensate
- mindless
- moronic
- nitwitted
- obtuse
- senseless
- shallow
- silly
- simple-minded
- slow
- soft
- soft-headed
- stupid
- thick
- uneducated
- unintelligent
- witless
- affected
- affectionate
- bathetic
- corny
- demonstrative
- dewy-eyed
- dreamy
- effusive
- gushing
- gushy
- idealistic
- impressionable
- inane
- insipid
- jejune
- languishing
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- maudlin
- mawkish
- moonstruck
- mushy
- nostalgic
- overacted
- overemotional
- passionate
- pathetic
- romantic
- rosewater
- saccharine
- sappy
- schmaltzy
- silly
- simpering
- sloppy
- soapy
- sobby
- soft
- softhearted
- soppy
- sugary
- sweet
- syrupy
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
- affected
- affectionate
- bathetic
- corny
- demonstrative
- dewy-eyed
- dreamy
- effusive
- gushing
- gushy
- idealistic
- impressionable
- inane
- insipid
- jejune
- languishing
- lovey-dovey
- loving
- maudlin
- mawkish
- moonstruck
- mushy
- nostalgic
- overacted
- overemotional
- passionate
- pathetic
- romantic
- rosewater
- saccharine
- sappy
- schmaltzy
- silly
- simpering
- sloppy
- slushy
- soapy
- soft
- softhearted
- soppy
- sugary
- sweet
- syrupy
- tear-jerking
- tearful
- tender
- touching
- vapid
- visionary
- weepy
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