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.
  •languidness (noun)
  • sluggishness.
  •lethargy (noun)
  • indolence,
  • indifference,
  • listlessness,
  • in action,
  • passiveness,
  • idleness,
  • unconcern,
  • torpidity,
  • coma,
  • disregard,
  • slumber,
  • supineness,
  • torpidness,
  • languor,
  • slowness,
  • unmindfulness,
  • apathy,
  • inertness,
  • sleep,
  • inactivity,
  • sloth,
  • disinterest,
  • phlegm,
  • heedlessness,
  • in actions,
  • sleepiness,
  • stupor,
  • dullness,
  • drowsiness,
  • inaction,
  • inertia,
  • hebetude,
  • insouciance,
  • impassivity.
  •starvation (noun)
  • deprivation.

• Other synonyms:

  •apathy
  • torpor.
  •Other relevant words:
  • mitigation,
  • slack,
  • inane,
  • feebleness,
  • prostration,
  • malnutrition,
  • silly,
  • flatulency,
  • stupid,
  • laxity,
  • drought,
  • dearth,
  • hollow,
  • mindless,
  • thinning,
  • flatness,
  • poverty,
  • foolish,
  • fatuous,
  • weakening,
  • emaciation,
  • opening,
  • aimlessness,
  • exigency,
  • scarcity,
  • weariness,
  • fatigue,
  • Vanities,
  • reduction,
  • syncope,
  • need,
  • empty,
  • slackening,
  • asinine,
  • attrition,
  • senseless,
  • frivolity,
  • orchiotomy,
  • Voidness,
  • evisceration,
  • remissness,
  • vanity,
  • flatulence,
  • vacuous,
  • softening,
  • laxness,
  • collapse,
  • pointless,
  • airiness,
  • Deliquium,
  • want,
  • infirmity,
  • famine,
  • abatement,
  • deadening,
  • lack,
  • weakness,
  • idiotic,
  • orchotomy,
  • Sideration,
  • relaxation,
  • emasculation,
  • paralysis,
  • unmindful,
  • forgetful,
  • palsy,
  • helplessness,
  • apoplexy.

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.