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Adjective

Empty or not occupied

Showing a lack of emotion

Showing or expressing confusion or bewilderment

To an absolute degree

Not having or showing feeling or sympathy

Deficient in something needed or usual

Having no strong positive or negative features

Not existent

Lacking sufficient power or strength

Having a straight face, not revealing excessive emotion, especially amusement

Exposed and barren

Having no knowledge of a situation or fact

Noun

A state of nothingness or emptiness

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

A space left to be filled

Nothing or zero in amount, quantity or degree

The rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless

A loss of memory

An unintentional failure to notice or do something

The absence or opposite of something actual or positive

An ineffectual person or thing

A container holding a spool of photographic film, a quantity of ink, etc., designed for insertion into a mechanism

Verb

Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully

To defeat, subdue or overcome with superior strength

To give little or no attention to

To remove completely, leaving no trace

To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

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Adjective

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Empty or not occupied

uncivilized^US

uncivilised^UK

without living things

no longer affected by

relieved

far-gone

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“He was an empty vessel, a blank template waiting to be completed.”

Adjective

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Showing a lack of emotion

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

colourless^UK

colorless^US

impossible to interpret

pokerfaced

cool, calm and collected

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

wintry^US

wintery^UK

with both feet on the ground

rolling with the punches

gray^US

grey^UK

with a heart of stone

not giving a monkey's

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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

woolly^UK

wooly^US

not knowing if one is coming or going

with Alzheimer's disease

whacko

unscrewed

not knowing if you are coming or going

going round in circles

in a state of confusion

all over the place

not knowing whether one is coming or going

foolish

shook

balled up

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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

straight from the shoulder

straight-from-the-shoulder

straight to the point

speaking as one finds

not afraid to call a spade a spade

as sure as eggs is eggs

not beating around the bush

without qualification

without reserve

no beating around the bush

easily understandable

recognized^US

recognised^UK

saying what one thinks

calling spade a spade

lay it on the line

aboveboard

bare-faced

laying it on the line

focused^US

focussed^UK

not subject to change

not mincing one's words

speaking one's mind

calling a spade a spade

not beating about the bush

lock stock and barrel

most extreme

most distant

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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 having or showing feeling or sympathy

with a heart of stone

with a hide like an elephant

sexually unresponsive

cool, calm and collected

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Adjective

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Deficient in something needed or usual

in a world of your own

with a memory like a sieve

with a mind like a sieve

confused

lacking concentration

off in a world of one's own

having a memory like a sieve

like an absent-minded professor

marvelous^US

marvellous^UK

driven to distraction

in a reverie

with your head in the clouds

out of this world

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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

gray^US

grey^UK

anemic^US

anaemic^UK

antiseptic

tame

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Adjective

Not existent

product of someone's imagination

phoney^UK

phony^US

figment of someone's imagination

fantasized^US

idealized^US

idealised^UK

fantasised^UK

colored^US

imperceptible to the touch

coloured^UK

created out of thin air

flakey^US

flaky^UK

not backed up by evidence

out of touch with reality

dishonest

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Adjective

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Lacking sufficient power or strength

defenceless^UK

paralysed^UK

paralyzed^US

defenseless^US

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

anemic^US

anaemic^UK

leaving much to be desired

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Adjective

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Having a straight face, not revealing excessive emotion, especially amusement

somber^US

sombre^UK

humorless^US

humourless^UK

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Adjective

Exposed and barren

without living things

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Adjective

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Having no knowledge of a situation or fact

unable to read and write

not knowing the first thing about

not having the faintest about

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Noun

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A state of nothingness or emptiness

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“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

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A space left to be filled

“Fill in each blank before submitting your form.”

Noun

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Nothing or zero in amount, quantity or degree

cypher^UK

cipher^US

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Noun

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The rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless

Noun

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A loss of memory

Noun

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An unintentional failure to notice or do something

offense^US

offence^UK

typographical mistake

putting foot in mouth

misreading of the situation

misdemeanor^US

misbehavior^US

inappropriate behaviour

wrong end of the stick

chink in one's armour

yielding to temptation

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The absence or opposite of something actual or positive

disfavor^US

disfavour^UK

cancelation^US

refusal to acknowledge

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Noun

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An ineffectual person or thing

unsuccessful challenger

unsuccessful candidate

balk^US

baulk^UK

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Noun

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A container holding a spool of photographic film, a quantity of ink, etc., designed for insertion into a mechanism

armor^US

armour^UK

cylindrical container

earthenware container

arbour^UK

arbor^US

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Verb

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Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully

treat disrespectfully

ostracise^UK

ostracize^US

give someone the brush-off

give the cold shoulder

ice out

pass up

take no notice of

give someone the go-by

give someone a slap in the face

put the chill on

not give time of day

keep someone at arm's length

look right through someone

leave out in the cold

hand someone the frozen mitt

look straight through someone

tell someone where to get off

kick someone in the teeth

give someone the big E

have nothing more to do with

scoff at

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

look straight through

give somebody the cold shoulder

keep one's distance from

tell someone to get lost

refuse to take part in

keep your 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

pulverise^UK

tyrannize^US

give someone a drubbing

tyrannise^UK

win a resounding victory over

force

give someone a hiding

demoralize^US

demoralise^UK

rule with an iron hand

enthrall^US

enthral^UK

outmaneuver^US

monopolize^US

vaporize^US

monopolise^UK

vaporise^UK

rule with a rod of iron

give someone a pasting

colonize^US

colonise^UK

bring to screeching halt

gain the advantage over

annex^US

throw back in confusion

garrote^US

garrotte^UK

be head and shoulders above

annexe^UK

terrorize^US

victimize^US

brutalize^US

brutalise^UK

victimise^UK

terrorise^UK

wipe from the face of the earth

clean up

wipe off the face of the earth

bring about the downfall of

give the coup de grâce

take off

administer the coup de grâce

gain the upper hand over

internalize^US

internalise^UK

exercise control over

be in command of

keep under your thumb

have the whip hand over

have the upper hand in

have mastery over

be in charge of

be in control of

have under one's thumb

call the shots

wear the trousers

have the upper hand over

pummel^US

neutralize^US

pummelled^UK

neutralise^UK

throw a spanner in the works of

predominate

axe^UK

mutilate

maim

ax^US

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

turn something inside out

destabilize^US

take severe measures against

take stern measures against

put out of commission

call somebody's bluff

catch somebody napping

finesse

steal a march on somebody

stand head and shoulders above

defeat someone heavily

send to the gas chambers

destabilise^UK

belabor^US

give something the chop

knock something on the head

come down on like a ton of bricks

belabour^UK

give someone the works

blow someone's brains out

guillotine

behead

knife

terminate with extreme prejudice

destroy root and branch

ink out

X-out

wipe off face of earth

paralyse^UK

paralyze^US

declare null and void

defy

trample upon

rain on someone's parade

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Verb

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To give little or no attention to

minimize^US

minimise^UK

not take into consideration

give something a miss

not take into account

refuse to acknowledge

trivialize^US

trivialise^UK

put out of one's mind

leave well enough alone

sneeze at

sweep something aside

pretend not to notice

pour cold water on

throw cold water on

deodorise^UK

deodorize^US

take with a pinch of salt

bury one's head in sand

keep one's distance from

fail to take account of

give the bum's rush

throw out on your ear

knock something on the head

let bygones be bygones

pay little attention to

have nothing to do with

give the thumbs down to

baulk at

not accept

refrain from

not take advantage of

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Verb

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To remove completely, leaving no trace

bowdlerise^UK

bowdlerize^US

axe^UK

ax^US

wipe off the face of the earth

vaporize^US

vaporise^UK

wipe from the face of the earth

pulverize^US

pulverise^UK

sterilize^US

sterilise^UK

declare null and void

sanitize^US

sanitise^UK

neutralize^US

neutralise^UK

give something the chop

clear out

cast aside

give someone the works

leave out

terminate with extreme prejudice

send to the gas chambers

ethnically cleanse

send to kingdom come

blow someone's brains out

knock something on the head

throw out on your ear

kick out

give something a miss

wipe off face of earth

destroy root and branch

vandalize^US

vandalise^UK

put out of commission

destabilize^US

destabilise^UK

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

dash to pieces

bring about the downfall of

throw a spanner in the works of

take severe measures against

take stern measures against

come down on like a ton of bricks

jeopardize^US

jeopardise^UK

carbonise^UK

carbonize^US

throw a monkey wrench into

outmaneuver^US

rain on someone's parade

put an stop to

bring to screeching halt

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Verb

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To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim

neutralise^UK

neutralize^US

baulk^UK

balk^US

upset one's apple cart

put a spoke in someone's wheel

put end to

take wind out of sails

queer someone's pitch

corner

give the run around

throw monkey wrench in

throw a spanner in the works

throw a monkey wrench in the works

throw a monkey wrench into

put on back burner

throw a spanner in the works of

throw a monkey wrench in the works of

throw out

rule against

counterbalance

give the thumbs down to

equalize^US

equalise^UK

beat someone to the punch

beat someone to the draw

act like a wet blanket

defend oneself against

outmaneuver^US

monopolize^US

monopolise^UK

give somebody the slip

slip through someone's fingers

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