chiefly Scottish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for toom
Adjective
  • At the end of the family's very eventful day, Duggar and Wissmann sat around a quiet, unlit campfire with many empty camping chairs waiting for the rest of the family to arrive.
    Rachel Flynn, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
  • From 65 million to 80 million housing units across China are estimated to be empty.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Banking has become functionally correct but emotionally devoid, with the industry swimming in a sea of sameness.
    Michael Abbott, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Delle, devoid for so long from its intrinsic need for social interaction might be filling in the gaps by talking to himself.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 14 Feb. 2023
Adjective
  • Charlie Parker’s Favorite Painting (1946) indicates Abercrombie’s engagement with social issues: a yellow noose, nearly fluorescent against a dishwater sky, dangles from a barren tree—an oblique lament from the doggedly antiracist Abercrombie.
    Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Mass Effect's core loop doesn't benefit from huge barren landscapes that are devoid of detail.
    Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Toom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toom. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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