'Emptiness' definitions:
Definition of 'emptiness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of containing nothing [ant: fullness]
noun
Having an empty stomach
noun
An empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" [syn: void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum]
noun
The quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world" [syn: vanity, emptiness]
Definition of 'Emptiness'
From: GCIDE
- Emptiness \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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; as, the emptiness of earthly glory. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind. [1913 Webster]
- Eternal smiles his emptiness betray. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'emptiness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absence,
- absence of mind,
- absurdity,
- acreage,
- aimlessness,
- angst,
- anguish,
- anxiety,
- appetite,
- area,
- aridity,
- bareness,
- barrenness,
- big deal,
- blankness,
- bleakness,
- bloodlessness,
- bootlessness,
- boredom,
- breadth,
- canine appetite,
- casuistry,
- characterlessness,
- cheerlessness,
- colorlessness,
- continuum,
- crossed fingers,
- dead letter,
- deadness,
- deprivation,
- desertedness,
- desolateness,
- desolation,
- dimension,
- discomfort,
- discomposure,
- discontent,
- disingenuousness,
- dislike,
- dismalness,
- displeasure,
- disquiet,
- dissatisfaction,
- dragginess,
- dread,
- dreariness,
- drought,
- dryness,
- dullness,
- dustiness,
- effeteness,
- emotionlessness,
- empty sound,
- empty space,
- empty stomach,
- empty-headedness,
- ennui,
- etiolation,
- existential woe,
- expanse,
- expansion,
- expressionlessness,
- extension,
- extent,
- fatuity,
- fecklessness,
- field,
- flatness,
- flimsiness,
- foolishness,
- frivolity,
- frivolousness,
- fruitlessness,
- futility,
- galactic space,
- grimness,
- heaviness,
- hollow hunger,
- hollow mockery,
- hollowness,
- hunger,
- hungriness,
- idleness,
- impotence,
- inanition,
- inanity,
- ineffectiveness,
- ineffectuality,
- inefficacy,
- inexcitability,
- infinite space,
- inquietude,
- insignificance,
- insincerity,
- insipidity,
- insipidness,
- interstellar space,
- jejunity,
- jesuitry,
- joylessness,
- lack of pleasure,
- leadenness,
- levity,
- lifelessness,
- lightness,
- lowness of spirit,
- malaise,
- meaninglessness,
- measure,
- mental void,
- mere noise,
- mockery,
- nausea,
- negation,
- negativeness,
- negativity,
- nihility,
- noise,
- nonbeing,
- nonentity,
- nonexistence,
- nongratification,
- noninhabitance,
- nonoccupance,
- nonoccupancy,
- nonoccurrence,
- nonreality,
- nonresidence,
- nonsatisfaction,
- nonsensicality,
- nonsubsistence,
- not-being,
- nothingness,
- nugacity,
- nullity,
- opening,
- otiosity,
- outer space,
- painfulness,
- paleness,
- pallor,
- phatic communion,
- place open,
- pointlessness,
- pokiness,
- polydipsia,
- ponderousness,
- profitlessness,
- proportion,
- purposelessness,
- rat race,
- relish,
- savorlessness,
- senselessness,
- shallowness,
- silliness,
- slenderness,
- slightness,
- slowness,
- solemnity,
- sophistry,
- space,
- spatial extension,
- sphere,
- spiritlessness,
- spleen,
- spread,
- staleness,
- sterility,
- stiffness,
- stodginess,
- stomach,
- stuffiness,
- superficial extension,
- superficiality,
- surface,
- sweet tooth,
- tapeworm,
- taste,
- tastelessness,
- tediousness,
- tedium,
- the absurd,
- thirst,
- thirstiness,
- tongue in cheek,
- torment of Tantalus,
- tract,
- triflingness,
- triteness,
- triviality,
- trivialness,
- unactuality,
- uncandidness,
- uncandor,
- uncomfortableness,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unfrankness,
- unhappiness,
- uninterestingness,
- unliveliness,
- unmeaningness,
- unpleasure,
- unproductiveness,
- unprofitability,
- unprofitableness,
- unreality,
- unsatisfaction,
- unsignificancy,
- uselessness,
- vacancy,
- vacant post,
- vacantness,
- vacuity,
- vacuousness,
- vacuum,
- valuelessness,
- vanity,
- vapidity,
- vapidness,
- vexation of spirit,
- vicious circle,
- void,
- voidness,
- volume,
- woodenness,
- worthlessness