EMPTINESS

vanity, emptiness

(noun) the quality of being valueless or futile; “he rejected the vanities of the world”

void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum

(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”

emptiness

(noun) having an empty stomach

emptiness

(noun) the state of containing nothing

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

emptiness (countable and uncountable, plural emptinesses)

The state or feeling of being empty.

Anagrams

• Stempiens, sepiments

Etymology

Proper noun

Emptiness

(astronomy) a Chinese constellation near Aquarius and Equuleus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the Black Turtle

Anagrams

• Stempiens, sepiments

Source: Wiktionary


Emp"ti*ness, n. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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