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emptiness

/ˈɛmptinʌs/noun3 syllables

Emptiness means: an empty area or space.

Synonyms for emptiness4

noun, as in an empty area or space

noun, as in the quality of being valueless or futile

Opposites of emptiness

fullness

What does emptiness mean?4

noun

1

an empty area or space“the huge desert voids”

2

the quality of being valueless or futile“he rejected the vanities of the world”

3

the state of containing nothing

4

having an empty stomach

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Emptiness in a sentence

  • There is some comfort in the emptiness of the sea, no past, no future.AsliAbbasi
  • I search for meaning in this emptiness, hoping for a sign to help.Nuel
  • Sami tried to fill that emptiness with alcohol.OsoHombre
  • One sometimes looks around and sees only emptiness.Objectivesea
  • We sometimes look around and see nothing but emptiness.Objectivesea
  • I feel an overbearing emptiness inside of me.tsp_2
  • The usefulness of a pot is in its emptiness.carlosalberto
  • I wonder if you feel the same emptiness.Nuel

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of emptiness

as a noun

plural
emptinesses