vacant look
Absent, unfocused gaze
A vacant look is an empty, unfocused expression suggesting the person isn't mentally present—either lost in thought, daydreaming, or simply not processing what's in front of them.
She stared out the window with a vacant look.
The phrase can also suggest stupidity or incomprehension: He gave me a vacant look when I asked about the deadline.
- blankWithout marks or content
- blank expressionFace devoid of emotion
- stareProlonged fixed gaze
- thousand-yard stareTraumatic unfocused gaze
- emptyHolding nothing inside
glazed · distant · unfocused · dazed · deer in headlights · faraway · miles away · hollow · expressionless · zoned · dreamy · spacey · zoned out · absent · checked out · glassy · dead eyes · unblinking
- boredomboredom, ennui, tedium, monotony, dullness
- inattentiondistracted, spacing, absent-minded, distraction, obliviousness
- cluelessnessobliviousness, unawareness, ignorance, blankness, clueless
- absent-mindednessabsent-minded, forgetfulness, distraction, spacing out, zoning out
- blank expressionspoker face, blank stare, deadpan, expressionless, stone face
- eye movementsgaze, blink, stare, glance, squint