Inane vs Inawe - What's the difference?
inane | inawe |
Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).
purposeless; pointless
* I. Taylor
That which is void or empty.
* Locke
*1881 , :
As an adjective inane
is lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).As a noun inane
is that which is void or empty.As a verb inawe is
to put in awe or fear; awe; overawe.inane
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- This supremely gifted kid told me that in the early elementary grades, the songs sung in music class were so inane that he wanted to skip grades already! Eventually he did, so better late than never.
- Vague and inane instincts.
Synonyms
* (lacking sense) silly, fatuous, vapidDerived terms
* inanely * inanityNoun
(en noun)- The undistinguishable inane of infinite space.
- [...] whom we watch as we watch the clouds careering in the windy, bottomless inane , or read about like characters in ancient and rather fabulous annals.
