Emptiness — as a human condition of generalized boredom, social alienation and apathy. Feelings of emptiness often accompany dysthymia, [Downs, A. The Half Empty Heart: A supportive guide to breaking free from chronic discontent. (2004)] depression,… … Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
emptiness — index insufficiency Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
emptiness — 1530s, from EMPTY (Cf. empty) + NESS (Cf. ness) … Etymology dictionary
emptiness — [n] void, bareness blank, blankness, chasm, depletedness, desertedness, desolation, destitution, exhaustion, gap, hollowness, inanition, vacancy, vacuity, vacuum, waste; concepts 720,733 Ant. capacity, fill, fullness … New thesaurus
emptiness — See emptily. * * * ▪ mysticism also called Nothingness, or Void, in mysticism and religion, a state of “pure consciousness” in which the mind has been emptied of all particular objects and images; also, the undifferentiated reality (a… … Universalium
emptiness — emp|ti|ness [ˈemptinıs] n [U] 1.) a feeling of great sadness and loneliness ▪ She felt an emptiness in her heart when he left. 2.) when there is nothing or nobody in a place emptiness of ▪ the silence and emptiness of the desert … Dictionary of contemporary English
emptiness — noun (U) 1 a feeling of great unhappiness and loneliness: She felt an emptiness in her heart when he left. 2 the state of having nothing in an area or space (+ of): the silence and emptiness of the desert … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
emptiness — emp|ti|ness [ emptinəs ] noun uncount 1. ) an empty space or state: the vast emptiness of space 2. ) a feeling of having no emotion, interest, or purpose … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
emptiness — noun she had filled an emptiness in his life Syn: void, vacuum, empty space, vacuity, gap, vacancy, hole, lack … Thesaurus of popular words
