Lexic.us

Definition of Emptiness

1. Noun. The state of containing nothing.

2. Noun. Having an empty stomach.

3. Noun. An empty area or space. "Without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum"

4. Noun. The quality of being valueless or futile. "He rejected the vanities of the world"

Definition of Emptiness

1. n. The state of being empty; absence of contents; void space; vacuum; as, the emptiness of a vessel; emptiness of the stomach.

Definition of Emptiness

1. [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Emptiness

1. 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) Origin: From Empty. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emptiness

emprise emprises emprize emprizes emprosthotonos empt empted emptiable emptied emptier

emptiers empties emptiest emptily emptiness (current term) emptiness (current term) emptinesses empting emptings emptins

emption emptions emptor empts empty empty empty-bellied empty-handed empty-headed emptying

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