emptiness

emp-ti-ness · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The state of containing nothing; the quality of being empty.

  2. 2.

    A feeling of loneliness, sadness, or lack of purpose.

  3. 3.

    (In philosophy or spirituality) The absence of inherent existence or self-nature.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    sense of emptiness — a feeling of void or meaninglessness
  • •
    stare into the emptiness — to gaze blankly, often lost in thought
  • •
    fill the emptiness — to address a feeling of lack or void

Related words

Antonyms: abundance, fullness, richness
See also: empty, loneliness, void
Synonyms: blankness, hollowness, vacancy, void

Etymology

From empty + -ness, from Old English ǣmtig ("at leisure, not occupied").