vagrancy
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ the state of wandering from place to place; having no permanent home or means of livelihood
vagrant
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
vagrant
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ continually changing especially as from one abode or occupation to another; "a drifting double-dealer"; "the floating population"; "vagrant hippies of the sixties"
Nouvelle Vague
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ an art movement in French cinema in the 1960s
vague
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ not clearly expressed or understood; "an obscure turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke
vague
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ lacking clarity or distinctness; "a dim figure in the distance"; "only a faint recollection"; "shadowy figures in the gloom"; "saw a vague outline of a building through the fog"; "a few wispy memories of childhood"
vague
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ not precisely limited, determined, or distinguished; "an undefined term"; "undefined authority"; "some undefined sense of excitement"; "vague feelings of sadness"; "a vague uneasiness"
vaguely
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ in a vague way; "he looked vaguely familiar"; "he explained it somewhat mistily"
vagueness
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaning; "the Conservative manifesto is a model of vagueness"; "these terms were used with a vagueness that suggested little or no thought about what each might convey"
vagueness
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ indistinctness of shape or character; "the scene had the swirling vagueness of a painting by Turner"
nervus vagus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
vagus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
vagus nerve
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
in vain
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ to no avail; "he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"
vain
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
vain
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"
take in vain
— Udsagnsord
– Engelsk
~ use a name, such as God, without proper respect
vainglorious
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
~ feeling self-importance; "too big for his britches"; "had a swelled head"; "he was swelled with pride"
vainglory
— Navneord
– Engelsk
~ outspoken conceit
vainly
— Biord
– Engelsk
~ to no avail; "he looked for her in vain"; "the city fathers tried vainly to find a solution"