Thesaurus: emptiness

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1. n. The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.
2. n. Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory.
3. n. Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.
4. n. the state of containing nothing
5. n. having an empty stomach
6. n. an empty area or space
7. n. the quality of being valueless or futile
8. 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.
9. n:100 n. the state of containing nothing n. having an empty stomach