“He felt as though something he had carried inside himself for a long while had vanished into nothingness, leaving a blank and empty space where it had been.”

Adjective

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Clean and unmarked

clean

“It would be a bit like standing all day in front of a blank canvas waiting for inspiration to strike.”

Adjective

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Showing a lack of emotion

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

cool, calm and collected

stony-eyed

self-controlled

colourless^UK

colorless^US

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

wintery^UK

wintry^US

with both feet on the ground

meager^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

meagre^UK

anaemic^UK

rolling with the punches

anemic^US

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“His face is blank, but his eyes are full of hatred, confusion and fear.”

Adjective

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Showing or expressing confusion or bewilderment

bedeviled^US

bedevilled^UK

gravelled^UK

graveled^US

uncertain which way to turn

up against a brick wall

going round in circles

in a state of confusion

in a muddle

not knowing whether one is coming or going

filled with astonishment

knocked for six

filled with amazement

unable to believe your eyes

filled with awe

caught on the wrong foot

unable to believe one's ears

made to scratch their head

confusticated

lost at sea

got

had their heads messed with

besotted

caused to be at a stand

buffaloed

thrown off

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“Ronald continued staring into space with a blank look on his face.”

Adjective

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To an absolute degree

stick out like sore thumb

without qualification

recognized^US

as plain as a pikestaff

sticking out a mile

standing out like a sore thumb

recognised^UK

sticking out like a sore thumb

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“Philip Trent had obviously tried to explain the situation to his mother, only to be met with a blank refusal to believe any part of his story.”

Adjective

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Not paying attention to what is being said or done

with a mind like a sieve

lacking concentration

not concentrating

off-guard

off in a world of one's own

with a memory like a sieve

with your head in the clouds

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Showing a brooding ill humor

somber^US

humorless^US

humourless^UK

sombre^UK

ill-humored^US

like a bear with a sore head

gray^US

grey^UK

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

having got out of bed the wrong side

fault-finding

cross-grained

having got out of bed on the wrong side

as cross as two sticks

having a fit of the sulks

in a funk

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Adjective

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Having no strong positive or negative features

neither one thing nor the other

colourless^UK

colorless^US

anaemic^UK

anemic^US

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

gray^US

grey^UK

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Adjective

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Having no knowledge of a situation or fact

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Adjective

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(of a landscape) Desolate and barren

without living things

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Noun

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A state of nothingness or emptiness

“I had a complete mind blank halfway through my presentation.”

Noun

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A printed document where information is to be provided or filled in

“They gave me a blank to fill out, which I did.”

Noun

▲

A space left to be filled

“Fill in each blank before submitting your form.”

Noun

▲

Nothing or zero in amount, quantity or degree

cypher^UK

cipher^US

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Noun

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An ineffectual or failed thing, person or endeavor

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Noun

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A lapse or absence of memory

Noun

▲

The absence or opposite of something actual or positive

cancelation^US

refusal to acknowledge

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Noun

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An object for holding or transporting something

earthenware container

cylindrical container

organizer^US

organiser^UK

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Verb

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To rebuff, ignore, or spurn (someone) disdainfully

ostracise^UK

ostracize^US

give someone the brush-off

stiff-arm

cut dead

give the cold shoulder

give someone the go-by

look right through someone

look straight through

leave out in the cold

hand someone the frozen mitt

tell someone where to get off

give someone the big E

have nothing more to do with

give a wide berth to

bin off

give someone the push

give someone the air

have nothing to do with

give the cold shoulder to

treat disrespectfully

keep one's distance from

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Verb

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To defeat, subdue or overcome with superior strength

immobilise^UK

immobilize^US

bring someone to their knees

knock out

put away

blow out of the water

get the upper hand over

pulverize^US

give someone a drubbing

pulverise^UK

give someone a hiding

win a resounding victory over

outmaneuver^US

put someone in their place

give someone a pasting

gain the advantage over

beat the daylights out of

demoralize^US

gain the upper hand over

impoverish

leave

force

be head and shoulders above

demoralise^UK

throw back in confusion

beat the stuffing out of

beat the daylight out of

knock the daylight out of

internalize^US

internalise^UK

pummel^US

pummelled^UK

be more than a match for

tranquilize^US

neutralize^US

put a spoke in someone's wheel

baulk^UK

neutralise^UK

balk^US

take wind out of sails

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To erase or cancel out information, e.g. on a document

bowdlerise^UK

bowdlerize^US

declare null and void

ax^US

neutralize^US

axe^UK

neutralise^UK

destroy root and branch

wipe off face of earth

wipe off the face of the earth

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Verb

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To give little or no attention to

not take into consideration

minimize^US

minimise^UK

leave well enough alone

give something a miss

leave somebody to himself or herself

lose sight of

erase from your mind

get off someone's back

throw out

let bygones be bygones

leave something undone

pay little attention to

not take into account

pretend not to notice

leave somebody to his/her own devices

blank out

refuse to acknowledge

banish from one's thoughts

not give another thought to

deodorise^UK

deodorize^US

deal rapidly with

varnish over

sweep under the carpet

take with a pinch of salt

get off someone's case

bury one's head in sand

trivialize^US

have nothing to do with

trivialise^UK

fail to take account of

fiddle while Rome burns

repress one's memory of

withhold from

desist from

refrain from

give the thumbs down to

baulk at

shy from

not accept

not take advantage of

sit on one's hands

sit on one's thumbs

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To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

neutralise^UK

neutralize^US

baulk^UK

balk^US

put a spoke in someone's wheel

put end to

take wind out of sails

throw a spanner in the works

put the lid on

spike someone's guns

give the run around

throw monkey wrench in

queer someone's pitch

throw a monkey wrench in the works

take the wind out of your sails

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

dead-end

put on hold

hang fire

throw a monkey wrench into

equalize^US

equalise^UK

beat someone to the draw

beat someone to the punch

bring to screeching halt

prevent from making progress

bring to a standstill

throw a spoke in the wheel of

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