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Meaning of 'emptiness' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Emptiness [ n.]
- The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.
- Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.
- Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.

Meaning of 'emptiness' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . emptiness [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the quality of being valueless or futile
Example in sentence:
  • he rejected the vanities of the world
Meaning (2):
- an empty area or space
Example in sentence:
  • the emptiness of outer space;
  • the huge desert voids;
  • without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum

Nearby Words:

empair empaistic empale empaled empalement empaling empanel empanoplied emparadise empark

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