VAPIDNESS Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

vapidness

noun

Definition of vapidness

as in dullness

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Noun

Upping the ante with a red light therapy device can also help reverse summer sun damage, support circulation to ward off seasonal dullness, and a little session under the glowing light can even boost your mood on shorter, gloomier days.

— Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 15 Sep. 2026
Strollers have also long been associated with a certain, well, dullness.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of dullness

Noun

Proprietor of vapidity Thomas O’Brien (William Thomas Hodgson) tries to help the situation while also becoming particularly smitten with Kitty.

— David John Chávez, Mercury News, 12 Dec. 2025
None of his editors or longtime publishers appears to have thought of protecting him or acknowledging the manuscript’s vapidity.

— Michael Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024

Definition of vapidity

Noun

That tedium could result in companies pushing uninspired and buggy products.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 23 Sep. 2026
This is a filmmaker who simply doesn’t know when to stop, as also evidenced by the film’s bloated 142-minute running time that lets narrative tedium set in.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of tedium

Noun

Many women with natural hair can empathize with the breakage concerns and tediousness that can arise when taking down protective styles.

— Caché McClay, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
It’s powered by your own hand—only without the tediousness of using a needle and thread.

— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Aug. 2025

Definition of tediousness

Noun

Non-motor symptoms include depression, anxiety, apathy, hallucinations, constipation, orthostatic hypotension, sleep disorders, loss of sense of smell, and cognitive impairments.

— Deborah Day, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
The reduction ranged from 16% in the region tied to planning (dorsal putamen) to 20% in the region most closely tied to motivation and apathy (ventral striatum).

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of apathy

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