Definitions for: Emptiness

[n] the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world"
[n] an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"
[n] having an empty stomach
[n] the state of containing nothing

Webster (1913) Definition: Emp"ti*ness, n. [From Empty.]
1. The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space;
vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the
stomach.

2. Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness;
inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the
emptiness of earthly glory.

3. Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.

Eternal smiles his emptiness betray. --Pope.

The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite.
--Tennyson.

Synonyms: vacancy, vanity, void

Antonyms: fullness

See Also: blankness, condition, hollowness, hunger, hungriness, space, status, vacancy, vacuity, vacuousness, vacuum, worthlessness

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