Definition for Inanition:

• Emptiness, esp. from want of nourishment. [ Latin]

Synonyms for Inanition:

• n.

  •attribute (noun)
  • inanition,
  • slackness,
  • lassitude.
  •emptiness (noun)
  • desolation,
  • chasm,
  • gap,
  • vacuity,
  • blankness,
  • destitution,
  • vacuum,
  • exhaustion,
  • blank,
  • waste.
  •hebetude (noun)
  • languidness,
  • leadenness.
  •hollowness (noun)
  • barrenness,
  • void,
  • inanity.
  •starvation (noun)
  • famine,
  • deprivation,
  • want,
  • collapse,
  • fatigue,
  • need,
  • malnutrition.

• Other synonyms:

  •apathy
  • torpor.

Antonyms for Inanition:

• n.

  • emptiness
    capacity, fill, closure, fullness.
  • hebetude
    sympathy, feeling.
  • lethargy
    energy, concern, liveliness, activity, interest, vigor, vivaciousness, action, awakening, busyness, vitality, regard, consciousness, life, wakefulness, vivacity.
  • starvation
    supply, plenty.

Inanition Sentence Examples:

• The war would languish for lack of funds, through sheer inanition it would flicker out, and the money of the world would flow into the treasuries of America.

• " Not one of them," declares Cecil, with conviction: " we should all die of mere inanition were it not for you."

Hyponym for Inanition:

• n.

  • attribute
    weakness, exhaustion.