empty-headed

empty-headed

See also: emptyheaded

English

Alternative forms

• emptyheaded

Etymology

empty +‎ headed; compare airheaded

Adjective

empty-headed (comparative more empty-headed, superlative most empty-headed)

1. Silly and lacking sense or discretion; featherbrained or scatterbrained.
   • December 7 2021, 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.

Synonyms

• pea-brain

Translations

silly

Esperanto: ventanima Greek: κουφιοκέφαλος (el) (koufiokéfalos) Hungarian: üresfejű, széllelbélelt Maori: hore Portuguese: cabeça oca m Spanish: cabeza hueca Turkish: mankafa (tr), ahmak (tr), budala (tr)