"empty-headed" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more empty-headed [comparative], most empty-headed [superlative]
Etymology: From empty + headed; compare airheaded. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|empty|headed}} empty + headed Head templates: {{en-adj}} empty-headed (comparative more empty-headed, superlative most empty-headed)
  1. Silly and lacking sense or discretion; featherbrained or scatterbrained. Synonyms: absent-minded, peabrain Translations (silly): ventanima (Esperanto), κουφιοκέφαλος (koufiokéfalos) (Greek), üresfejű (Hungarian), széllelbélelt (Hungarian), hore (Maori), cabeça oca [masculine] (Portuguese), cabeza hueca (Spanish), mankafa (Turkish), ahmak (Turkish), budala (Turkish), penwag (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-empty-headed-en-adj-86MChrC1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 62 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of 'silly': 100 0
  2. Stupid. Synonyms: brainless, peabrain, stupid
    Sense id: en-empty-headed-en-adj-4xcxKLE~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: emptyheaded Derived forms: empty-headedness Related terms: vacuous

Alternative forms

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