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emptiness
[ emp-tee-nis ]
noun
- the fact or state of containing nothing or of being without the usual or appropriate contents:
All morning the emptiness of the cupboard, the thought of the house without even tea or butter, had been troubling him.
- the fact or state of being without human occupants or human activity:
A broad, slanting patch of sunshine cut across the gloomy, lifeless emptiness of the church.
- empty or barren space; void:
If we leave today we can reach the outpost by the 27th—through another 800 miles of flat, windy emptiness.
- the fact or quality of being without force or effect; hollowness:
Continued support for brutal regimes reveals the hypocrisy and emptiness of the administration’s professed goal of spreading democracy.
- the quality or feeling of being without significance or purpose; meaninglessness:
In the 21st century we are more likely to experience aimlessness and emptiness than guilt.
- the fact or quality of being unoccupied by useful work or activity; idleness:
An active man, not yet sixty, he was unused to the emptiness of his days after he retired.
- the fact or quality of being completely spent or drained emotionally by trauma:
Many women describe a feeling of numbness and emptiness following a miscarriage.
Other Words From
- self-emp·ti·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of emptiness1
Example Sentences
Rather, her art had always been the way she boldly filled such emptiness with incredible meaning.
It creates a moral justification for deeply immoral behavior, such as threatening the safety of people whose only crime is reminding Musk of the emptiness of his own existence.
“There was a lot of anger and emptiness, so I turned to drugs to fill up the void.”
“It brings a small comfort to know he was taken doing what he loved most, but his absence leaves a vast emptiness,” his nephews wrote.
Taddeo’s book and the series do something too rare in literature and TV, centering the stories of women’s desire and everything encapsulated in that idea – bliss, emptiness, joy, agony.
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