Definition of emptiness in English:

emptiness

noun ˈɛm(p)tɪnəsˈɛm(p)tinəs

mass noun

1The state of containing nothing.
the vast emptiness of space
Example sentencesExamples
- A cutting silence gives an eerie feel of emptiness.
- I felt an emptiness inside me, all my energy drained.
- The streets are deserted, their emptiness emphasized by the lonely sound of the wind.
- You also cannot say that the emptiness in one container was different from the emptiness in another.
- The emptiness in the sky can spread.
- For most people it is too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter, too austere in its emptiness, too far from port, too tough on the spirit.
- On my left, there are several yards of emptiness, then trees.
- Bitter, icy emptiness greeted him where Juliana's essence should've been.
- While the physical emptiness remains, the memories and the love also remain.
- Russia's collapsing birth rate feeds fears that Siberia's emptiness will be infiltrated from the teeming nations to the south.
- The emptiness of the rooms was disturbing.
- There is a wedge of Yorkshire Dales emptiness to explore.
- Beyond, there was no vegetation, no twigs, no stones, no tracks - total emptiness.
- Nora, however, had not intended to swap the isolation of north-east Scotland for the vast emptiness of the Canadian prairie.
- Now, with much of the rubble cleared, its vast emptiness reveals the horrible dimensions of the December tragedy.
- It is this eerie emptiness that Lucier's camera records.
- As you dug you could see the dirt actively change places with the emptiness.
- The quiet emptiness of the town in contrast to the mad rush of the falls creates an almost zen-garden sense of contemplation.
- Still, Canada's vast, frozen emptiness offers a unique playground for Mars-gazing scientists.
- Parts of the paint surface are often blank, using the emptiness of the underlying texture to generate a sense of the Tao.
Synonyms
vacantness, bareness, blankness, clearness, barrenness, desolation
lack of contents, lack of adornment
rare voidness
meaninglessness, hollowness, idleness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, uselessness, futility, worthlessness, fruitlessness, insubstantiality
futility, purposelessness, pointlessness, aimlessness, meaninglessness, worthlessness, valuelessness, hollowness, barrenness, senselessness, banality, triviality, insignificance, unimportance
archaic bootlessness
void, vacuum, vacuity, empty space, blank space, gap, vacancy, hiatus, hole, hollow, cavity, chasm, abyss, gulf
blankness, expressionlessness, vacancy, vacantness, vacuousness, glaze, fixedness, woodenness, stoniness, impassivity, emotionlessness, unresponsiveness, inscrutability
lack of life, lack of animation
2The quality of lacking meaning or sincerity; meaninglessness.
he realizes the emptiness of his statement
Example sentencesExamples
- To appreciate what came next, one must be aware of the emptiness in our understanding of inheritance at that time.
- His tossing a TV off a hotel balcony is a staged prank that inadvertently exposes the emptiness of the act.
- To my enjoyment, he made no more explanation, so I let him stew in the emptiness of the verbal vacuum he created.
- This is music that perfectly captures the surreal emptiness of everyday life in a digital world.
- We understand that we are not what we think we are, that there is emptiness beneath our projection.
- This should have triggered a warning to my feeble little mind, yet the emptiness remained unnoticed.
- He has "mastered the art of saying nothing" with his excessive use of platitudes of emptiness that reinforce mistaken ideas.
- It says so much about the emptiness of modern life that there has been so little discussion of the key problems confronting our nation.
- Obtuse terminology squashes out the real words, leaving you with a strange sense of emptiness.
- His method is to play with advertising language in such a way as to show its emptiness in any discussion of poetry.
- When you act to impress others, you feel the emptiness inside.
- The apparent intensity of this backlash masks the real emptiness of such complaints.
- Sacks adds to this the decadence and emptiness of our culture, especially when exported and transmitted by television.
- We're shown a life full of emptiness: the reject of a world of suburban conformity, bulk food and consumer gratification.
3The quality of having no value or purpose; futility.
feelings of emptiness and loneliness
Example sentencesExamples
- In our constant search for happiness in the west, we fill our emptiness with possessions.
- This important essence addresses existential feelings of loss and emptiness.
- Celebration and thankfulness matter, but should not push out real feelings of emptiness when we lose someone.
- On the one hand, there is loss and anxiety in the face of annihilation, stemming from emptiness and a sense of guilt.
- His frown indicates his own personal dissatisfaction and emptiness.
- The emptiness that I had been trying to fill was replaced with fulfillment in Jesus.
- We forget spaces, our own emptiness, to construct places that tell exciting stories about who we are.
- For the European, loneliness is emptiness, alienation from society and tradition.
- Therefore, trying to fill our emptiness with anything other than spiritual pursuits is like trying to plug a round hole with a square cork.
- Emptiness washed over me from time to time, immersion in work only masked my inner sadness.
- Then and only then will we take back control over the market forces that are the cause of our increasing emptiness and anxiety.
- Even the beautiful Angelica cannot take his mind away from this emptiness.
- As I closed the door behind me I was struck by the silence that filled my hallway and the emptiness that filled my life.
- We lived in emptiness, not working or studying.
- They made plans for the next day and upon hanging up the phone, the emptiness began to consume her.
- Philosophers wrote about the absurdity and emptiness of human existence in the extraneous Universe.
- These stories, ranging in length from a few pages to a paragraph to a sentence, convey a sense of emptiness.
- The expression then was priceless, something between defeat and misery, between loss and emptiness.
- It is graphic, depressing and leaves the audience with an overriding feeling of emptiness.
- I sometimes experienced an inner emptiness that I prayed God would help fill.

Definition of emptiness in US English:

emptiness

nounˈem(p)tēnəsˈɛm(p)tinəs

1The state of containing nothing.
the vast emptiness of space
Example sentencesExamples
- Now, with much of the rubble cleared, its vast emptiness reveals the horrible dimensions of the December tragedy.
- Still, Canada's vast, frozen emptiness offers a unique playground for Mars-gazing scientists.
- Beyond, there was no vegetation, no twigs, no stones, no tracks - total emptiness.
- Russia's collapsing birth rate feeds fears that Siberia's emptiness will be infiltrated from the teeming nations to the south.
- As you dug you could see the dirt actively change places with the emptiness.
- The emptiness in the sky can spread.
- It is this eerie emptiness that Lucier's camera records.
- I felt an emptiness inside me, all my energy drained.
- Nora, however, had not intended to swap the isolation of north-east Scotland for the vast emptiness of the Canadian prairie.
- The emptiness of the rooms was disturbing.
- The quiet emptiness of the town in contrast to the mad rush of the falls creates an almost zen-garden sense of contemplation.
- For most people it is too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter, too austere in its emptiness, too far from port, too tough on the spirit.
- On my left, there are several yards of emptiness, then trees.
- You also cannot say that the emptiness in one container was different from the emptiness in another.
- The streets are deserted, their emptiness emphasized by the lonely sound of the wind.
- There is a wedge of Yorkshire Dales emptiness to explore.
- Bitter, icy emptiness greeted him where Juliana's essence should've been.
- Parts of the paint surface are often blank, using the emptiness of the underlying texture to generate a sense of the Tao.
- While the physical emptiness remains, the memories and the love also remain.
- A cutting silence gives an eerie feel of emptiness.
Synonyms
vacantness, bareness, blankness, clearness, barrenness, desolation
meaninglessness, hollowness, idleness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, uselessness, futility, worthlessness, fruitlessness, insubstantiality
futility, purposelessness, pointlessness, aimlessness, meaninglessness, worthlessness, valuelessness, hollowness, barrenness, senselessness, banality, triviality, insignificance, unimportance
void, vacuum, vacuity, empty space, blank space, gap, vacancy, hiatus, hole, hollow, cavity, chasm, abyss, gulf
blankness, expressionlessness, vacancy, vacantness, vacuousness, glaze, fixedness, woodenness, stoniness, impassivity, emotionlessness, unresponsiveness, inscrutability
2The quality of lacking meaning or sincerity; meaninglessness.
he realizes the emptiness of his statement
Example sentencesExamples
- This should have triggered a warning to my feeble little mind, yet the emptiness remained unnoticed.
- Obtuse terminology squashes out the real words, leaving you with a strange sense of emptiness.
- His tossing a TV off a hotel balcony is a staged prank that inadvertently exposes the emptiness of the act.
- His method is to play with advertising language in such a way as to show its emptiness in any discussion of poetry.
- When you act to impress others, you feel the emptiness inside.
- We're shown a life full of emptiness: the reject of a world of suburban conformity, bulk food and consumer gratification.
- Sacks adds to this the decadence and emptiness of our culture, especially when exported and transmitted by television.
- We understand that we are not what we think we are, that there is emptiness beneath our projection.
- To appreciate what came next, one must be aware of the emptiness in our understanding of inheritance at that time.
- It says so much about the emptiness of modern life that there has been so little discussion of the key problems confronting our nation.
- The apparent intensity of this backlash masks the real emptiness of such complaints.
- This is music that perfectly captures the surreal emptiness of everyday life in a digital world.
- He has "mastered the art of saying nothing" with his excessive use of platitudes of emptiness that reinforce mistaken ideas.
- To my enjoyment, he made no more explanation, so I let him stew in the emptiness of the verbal vacuum he created.
3The quality of having no value or purpose; futility.
feelings of emptiness and loneliness
Example sentencesExamples
- On the one hand, there is loss and anxiety in the face of annihilation, stemming from emptiness and a sense of guilt.
- As I closed the door behind me I was struck by the silence that filled my hallway and the emptiness that filled my life.
- Therefore, trying to fill our emptiness with anything other than spiritual pursuits is like trying to plug a round hole with a square cork.
- In our constant search for happiness in the west, we fill our emptiness with possessions.
- We lived in emptiness, not working or studying.
- Philosophers wrote about the absurdity and emptiness of human existence in the extraneous Universe.
- Even the beautiful Angelica cannot take his mind away from this emptiness.
- The emptiness that I had been trying to fill was replaced with fulfillment in Jesus.
- Celebration and thankfulness matter, but should not push out real feelings of emptiness when we lose someone.
- These stories, ranging in length from a few pages to a paragraph to a sentence, convey a sense of emptiness.
- They made plans for the next day and upon hanging up the phone, the emptiness began to consume her.
- Then and only then will we take back control over the market forces that are the cause of our increasing emptiness and anxiety.
- His frown indicates his own personal dissatisfaction and emptiness.
- The expression then was priceless, something between defeat and misery, between loss and emptiness.
- I sometimes experienced an inner emptiness that I prayed God would help fill.
- Emptiness washed over me from time to time, immersion in work only masked my inner sadness.
- It is graphic, depressing and leaves the audience with an overriding feeling of emptiness.
- For the European, loneliness is emptiness, alienation from society and tradition.
- We forget spaces, our own emptiness, to construct places that tell exciting stories about who we are.
- This important essence addresses existential feelings of loss and emptiness.

单词	emptiness
释义	Definition of emptiness in English: emptiness noun ˈɛm(p)tɪnəsˈɛm(p)tinəs mass noun 1The state of containing nothing. the vast emptiness of space Example sentencesExamples A cutting silence gives an eerie feel of emptiness. I felt an emptiness inside me, all my energy drained. The streets are deserted, their emptiness emphasized by the lonely sound of the wind. You also cannot say that the emptiness in one container was different from the emptiness in another. The emptiness in the sky can spread. For most people it is too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter, too austere in its emptiness, too far from port, too tough on the spirit. On my left, there are several yards of emptiness, then trees. Bitter, icy emptiness greeted him where Juliana's essence should've been. While the physical emptiness remains, the memories and the love also remain. Russia's collapsing birth rate feeds fears that Siberia's emptiness will be infiltrated from the teeming nations to the south. The emptiness of the rooms was disturbing. There is a wedge of Yorkshire Dales emptiness to explore. Beyond, there was no vegetation, no twigs, no stones, no tracks - total emptiness. Nora, however, had not intended to swap the isolation of north-east Scotland for the vast emptiness of the Canadian prairie. Now, with much of the rubble cleared, its vast emptiness reveals the horrible dimensions of the December tragedy. It is this eerie emptiness that Lucier's camera records. As you dug you could see the dirt actively change places with the emptiness. The quiet emptiness of the town in contrast to the mad rush of the falls creates an almost zen-garden sense of contemplation. Still, Canada's vast, frozen emptiness offers a unique playground for Mars-gazing scientists. Parts of the paint surface are often blank, using the emptiness of the underlying texture to generate a sense of the Tao. Synonyms vacantness, bareness, blankness, clearness, barrenness, desolation lack of contents, lack of adornment rare voidness meaninglessness, hollowness, idleness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, uselessness, futility, worthlessness, fruitlessness, insubstantiality futility, purposelessness, pointlessness, aimlessness, meaninglessness, worthlessness, valuelessness, hollowness, barrenness, senselessness, banality, triviality, insignificance, unimportance archaic bootlessness void, vacuum, vacuity, empty space, blank space, gap, vacancy, hiatus, hole, hollow, cavity, chasm, abyss, gulf blankness, expressionlessness, vacancy, vacantness, vacuousness, glaze, fixedness, woodenness, stoniness, impassivity, emotionlessness, unresponsiveness, inscrutability lack of life, lack of animation 2The quality of lacking meaning or sincerity; meaninglessness. he realizes the emptiness of his statement Example sentencesExamples To appreciate what came next, one must be aware of the emptiness in our understanding of inheritance at that time. His tossing a TV off a hotel balcony is a staged prank that inadvertently exposes the emptiness of the act. To my enjoyment, he made no more explanation, so I let him stew in the emptiness of the verbal vacuum he created. This is music that perfectly captures the surreal emptiness of everyday life in a digital world. We understand that we are not what we think we are, that there is emptiness beneath our projection. This should have triggered a warning to my feeble little mind, yet the emptiness remained unnoticed. He has "mastered the art of saying nothing" with his excessive use of platitudes of emptiness that reinforce mistaken ideas. It says so much about the emptiness of modern life that there has been so little discussion of the key problems confronting our nation. Obtuse terminology squashes out the real words, leaving you with a strange sense of emptiness. His method is to play with advertising language in such a way as to show its emptiness in any discussion of poetry. When you act to impress others, you feel the emptiness inside. The apparent intensity of this backlash masks the real emptiness of such complaints. Sacks adds to this the decadence and emptiness of our culture, especially when exported and transmitted by television. We're shown a life full of emptiness: the reject of a world of suburban conformity, bulk food and consumer gratification. 3The quality of having no value or purpose; futility. feelings of emptiness and loneliness Example sentencesExamples In our constant search for happiness in the west, we fill our emptiness with possessions. This important essence addresses existential feelings of loss and emptiness. Celebration and thankfulness matter, but should not push out real feelings of emptiness when we lose someone. On the one hand, there is loss and anxiety in the face of annihilation, stemming from emptiness and a sense of guilt. His frown indicates his own personal dissatisfaction and emptiness. The emptiness that I had been trying to fill was replaced with fulfillment in Jesus. We forget spaces, our own emptiness, to construct places that tell exciting stories about who we are. For the European, loneliness is emptiness, alienation from society and tradition. Therefore, trying to fill our emptiness with anything other than spiritual pursuits is like trying to plug a round hole with a square cork. Emptiness washed over me from time to time, immersion in work only masked my inner sadness. Then and only then will we take back control over the market forces that are the cause of our increasing emptiness and anxiety. Even the beautiful Angelica cannot take his mind away from this emptiness. As I closed the door behind me I was struck by the silence that filled my hallway and the emptiness that filled my life. We lived in emptiness, not working or studying. They made plans for the next day and upon hanging up the phone, the emptiness began to consume her. Philosophers wrote about the absurdity and emptiness of human existence in the extraneous Universe. These stories, ranging in length from a few pages to a paragraph to a sentence, convey a sense of emptiness. The expression then was priceless, something between defeat and misery, between loss and emptiness. It is graphic, depressing and leaves the audience with an overriding feeling of emptiness. I sometimes experienced an inner emptiness that I prayed God would help fill. Definition of emptiness in US English: emptiness nounˈem(p)tēnəsˈɛm(p)tinəs 1The state of containing nothing. the vast emptiness of space Example sentencesExamples Now, with much of the rubble cleared, its vast emptiness reveals the horrible dimensions of the December tragedy. Still, Canada's vast, frozen emptiness offers a unique playground for Mars-gazing scientists. Beyond, there was no vegetation, no twigs, no stones, no tracks - total emptiness. Russia's collapsing birth rate feeds fears that Siberia's emptiness will be infiltrated from the teeming nations to the south. As you dug you could see the dirt actively change places with the emptiness. The emptiness in the sky can spread. It is this eerie emptiness that Lucier's camera records. I felt an emptiness inside me, all my energy drained. Nora, however, had not intended to swap the isolation of north-east Scotland for the vast emptiness of the Canadian prairie. The emptiness of the rooms was disturbing. The quiet emptiness of the town in contrast to the mad rush of the falls creates an almost zen-garden sense of contemplation. For most people it is too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter, too austere in its emptiness, too far from port, too tough on the spirit. On my left, there are several yards of emptiness, then trees. You also cannot say that the emptiness in one container was different from the emptiness in another. The streets are deserted, their emptiness emphasized by the lonely sound of the wind. There is a wedge of Yorkshire Dales emptiness to explore. Bitter, icy emptiness greeted him where Juliana's essence should've been. Parts of the paint surface are often blank, using the emptiness of the underlying texture to generate a sense of the Tao. While the physical emptiness remains, the memories and the love also remain. A cutting silence gives an eerie feel of emptiness. Synonyms vacantness, bareness, blankness, clearness, barrenness, desolation meaninglessness, hollowness, idleness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, uselessness, futility, worthlessness, fruitlessness, insubstantiality futility, purposelessness, pointlessness, aimlessness, meaninglessness, worthlessness, valuelessness, hollowness, barrenness, senselessness, banality, triviality, insignificance, unimportance void, vacuum, vacuity, empty space, blank space, gap, vacancy, hiatus, hole, hollow, cavity, chasm, abyss, gulf blankness, expressionlessness, vacancy, vacantness, vacuousness, glaze, fixedness, woodenness, stoniness, impassivity, emotionlessness, unresponsiveness, inscrutability 2The quality of lacking meaning or sincerity; meaninglessness. he realizes the emptiness of his statement Example sentencesExamples This should have triggered a warning to my feeble little mind, yet the emptiness remained unnoticed. Obtuse terminology squashes out the real words, leaving you with a strange sense of emptiness. His tossing a TV off a hotel balcony is a staged prank that inadvertently exposes the emptiness of the act. His method is to play with advertising language in such a way as to show its emptiness in any discussion of poetry. When you act to impress others, you feel the emptiness inside. We're shown a life full of emptiness: the reject of a world of suburban conformity, bulk food and consumer gratification. Sacks adds to this the decadence and emptiness of our culture, especially when exported and transmitted by television. We understand that we are not what we think we are, that there is emptiness beneath our projection. To appreciate what came next, one must be aware of the emptiness in our understanding of inheritance at that time. It says so much about the emptiness of modern life that there has been so little discussion of the key problems confronting our nation. The apparent intensity of this backlash masks the real emptiness of such complaints. This is music that perfectly captures the surreal emptiness of everyday life in a digital world. He has "mastered the art of saying nothing" with his excessive use of platitudes of emptiness that reinforce mistaken ideas. To my enjoyment, he made no more explanation, so I let him stew in the emptiness of the verbal vacuum he created. 3The quality of having no value or purpose; futility. feelings of emptiness and loneliness Example sentencesExamples On the one hand, there is loss and anxiety in the face of annihilation, stemming from emptiness and a sense of guilt. As I closed the door behind me I was struck by the silence that filled my hallway and the emptiness that filled my life. Therefore, trying to fill our emptiness with anything other than spiritual pursuits is like trying to plug a round hole with a square cork. In our constant search for happiness in the west, we fill our emptiness with possessions. We lived in emptiness, not working or studying. Philosophers wrote about the absurdity and emptiness of human existence in the extraneous Universe. Even the beautiful Angelica cannot take his mind away from this emptiness. The emptiness that I had been trying to fill was replaced with fulfillment in Jesus. Celebration and thankfulness matter, but should not push out real feelings of emptiness when we lose someone. These stories, ranging in length from a few pages to a paragraph to a sentence, convey a sense of emptiness. They made plans for the next day and upon hanging up the phone, the emptiness began to consume her. Then and only then will we take back control over the market forces that are the cause of our increasing emptiness and anxiety. His frown indicates his own personal dissatisfaction and emptiness. The expression then was priceless, something between defeat and misery, between loss and emptiness. I sometimes experienced an inner emptiness that I prayed God would help fill. Emptiness washed over me from time to time, immersion in work only masked my inner sadness. It is graphic, depressing and leaves the audience with an overriding feeling of emptiness. For the European, loneliness is emptiness, alienation from society and tradition. We forget spaces, our own emptiness, to construct places that tell exciting stories about who we are. This important essence addresses existential feelings of loss and emptiness.
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