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Table Of Contents:
- Emptiness as a Noun
- Definitions of «Emptiness» as a noun
- Synonyms of «Emptiness» as a noun (47 Words)
- Usage Examples of «Emptiness» as a noun
- Associations of «Emptiness» (30 Words)
The synonyms of “Emptiness” are: vacancy, vacuum, void, vanity, bareness, blankness, clearness, barrenness, desolation, meaninglessness, hollowness, idleness, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, uselessness, futility, worthlessness, fruitlessness, insubstantiality, purposelessness, pointlessness, aimlessness, valuelessness, senselessness, banality, triviality, insignificance, unimportance, vacuity, empty space, blank space, gap, hiatus, hole, hollow, cavity, chasm, abyss, gulf, vacuousness, glaze, fixedness, woodenness, impassivity, emotionlessness, unresponsiveness, inscrutability
Emptiness as a Noun
Definitions of «Emptiness» as a noun
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “emptiness” as a noun can have the following definitions:
- The quality of having no value or purpose; futility.
- The quality of being valueless or futile.
- Having an empty stomach.
- An empty area or space.
- The quality of lacking meaning or sincerity; meaninglessness.
- The state of containing nothing.
Synonyms of «Emptiness» as a noun (47 Words)
| abyss | A bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively. Teetering on the edge of the abyss of a total political wipeout. |
| aimlessness | A mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of. |
| banality | A trite or obvious remark. There is an essential banality to the story he tells. |
| bareness | The state of being unclothed and exposed (especially of a part of the body. |
| barrenness | The quality of yielding nothing of value. |
| blank space | A blank gap or missing part. |
| blankness | A blank gap or missing part. |
| cavity | (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body. The abdominal cavity. |
| chasm | A profound difference between people, viewpoints, feelings, etc. The chasm between rich and poor. |
| clearness | A clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water. |
| desolation | Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned. The stony desolation of the desert. |
| emotionlessness | Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions. |
| empty space | A container that has been emptied. |
| fixedness | Remaining in place. The fixedness of his gaze upset her. |
| fruitlessness | The quality of yielding nothing of value. |
| futility | Uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result. The horror and futility of war. |
| gap | A pass between mountain peaks. There are many gaps in our understanding of what happened. |
| glaze | Any of various thin shiny (savory or sweet) coatings applied to foods. The glaze of the white cups. |
| gulf | A large difference or division between two people or groups, or between viewpoints, concepts, or situatios. The widening gulf between the rich and the poor. |
| hiatus | A pause or break in continuity in a sequence or activity. There was a brief hiatus in the war with France. |
| hole | A position from which an electron is absent, especially one regarded as a mobile carrier of positive charge in a semiconductor. He had a hole in his sock. |
| hollow | A depression hollowed out of solid matter. Hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks. |
| hollowness | A depression hollowed out of solid matter. |
| idleness | Having no employment. He was punished for his idleness at school. |
| impassivity | Apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions. |
| ineffectiveness | The quality of not producing any significant or desired effect. The report highlighted the ineffectiveness of sanctions. |
| ineffectuality | Lacking the power to be effective. |
| inscrutability | The quality of being impossible to investigate. The inscrutability of the future. |
| insignificance | The quality of having little or no significance. He is aware of his own insignificance within the bigger picture. |
| insubstantiality | Lacking substance or reality. |
| meaninglessness | A message that seems to convey no meaning. He resented the meaninglessness of the tasks they assigned him. |
| pointlessness | Total lack of meaning or ideas. |
| purposelessness | The quality of lacking any definite purpose. |
| senselessness | Total lack of meaning or ideas. |
| triviality | The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous. The relentlessness of his triviality is grating. |
| unimportance | The state or fact of lacking in importance or significance. The relative unimportance of wider kin ties in British culture. |
| unresponsiveness | The quality of being unresponsive; not reacting; as a quality of people, it is marked by a failure to respond quickly or with emotion to people or events. She began to recover from her numb unresponsiveness after the accident. |
| uselessness | Lack of skill or competence. He goes on to talk about the general uselessness of marketing forecasts. |
| vacancy | An unoccupied position or job. Vacancy vanity and inane deception. |
| vacuity | The absence of matter. He denounced what he considered the frivolity or vacuity of much contemporary painting. |
| vacuousness | Indicative of or marked by mental vacuity and an absence of ideas. The vacuousness of her face belied her feelings. |
| vacuum | A vacuum cleaner. The political vacuum left by the death of the Emperor. |
| valuelessness | Having none of the properties that endow something with value. |
| vanity | The quality of being worthless or futile. The vanity of human wishes. |
| void | An emptiness caused by the loss of something. The huge desert voids. |
| woodenness | The quality of being wooden and awkward. The woodenness of her high five. |
| worthlessness | Having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful. The drill sergeant s intent was to convince all the recruits of their worthlessness. |
Usage Examples of «Emptiness» as a noun
- He realizes the emptiness of his statement.
- The vast emptiness of space.
- Feelings of emptiness and loneliness.
- The emptiness of outer space.
Associations of «Emptiness» (30 Words)
| arrogance | The quality of being arrogant. The arrogance of this man is astounding. |
| bragging | Exhibiting self-importance. She interrupted their endless bragging. |
| cleaner | A device for cleaning such as a vacuum cleaner. An oven cleaner. |
| cleanup | The fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team. |
| cocksure | Marked by excessive confidence. The cocksure golf prodigy from California. |
| conceit | The trait of being unduly vain and conceited false pride. The idea of the wind s singing is a prime romantic conceit. |
| conceited | Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance. Fred s so conceited he d never believe anyone would refuse him. |
| crudity | The quality of being rudimentary or makeshift; primitiveness. The crudity of the language. |
| deserted | (of a place) empty of people. Deserted beaches of soft sand. |
| ego | An inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others. He needed a boost to his ego. |
| egocentrism | Concern for your own interests and welfare. |
| egoism | Concern for your own interests and welfare. |
| egotism | The fact of being excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself. In his arrogance and egotism he underestimated Gill. |
| famish | Reduce (someone) to extreme hunger. Many famished in the countryside during the drought. |
| greed | Intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food. Greed has taken over football. |
| haughtiness | The appearance or quality of being arrogantly superior and disdainful. Her air of haughtiness. |
| hubris | (in Greek tragedy) excessive pride towards or defiance of the gods, leading to nemesis. The self assured hubris among economists was shaken in the late 1980s. |
| narcissism | An exceptional interest in and admiration for yourself. |
| pomposity | Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity. His reputation for arrogance and pomposity. |
| pride | Be proud of. He swallowed his pride and asked for help. |
| self | Relating to of or by or to or from or for the self. A button through style with self belt. |
| selfish | Concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others. I joined them for selfish reasons. |
| selfishness | The quality or state of being selfish; lack of consideration for other people. An act of pure selfishness. |
| suction | Remove something using suction. Constant suction was applied to both tubes. |
| unoccupied | Not held or filled or in use. Unoccupied France. |
| vacancy | An available room in a hotel or other establishment providing accommodation. Cathy stared into vacancy seeing nothing. |
| vacuum | Clean with a vacuum cleaner. Vacuum the carpets. |
| vainglorious | Excessively proud of oneself or one’s achievements; overly vain. This vainglorious boast of personal infallibility. |
| vanity | Low table with mirror or mirrors where one sits while dressing or applying makeup. The vanity of human wishes. |
| void | Excrete or discharge from the body. The huge desert voids. |
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(n) 1. voidness, hollowness, vacantness, vacancy, vacuity, blankness, bareness, barrenness, desolation, desertedness, vacuum, void: He was again alone in the vast emptiness of space. After she left, I felt a terrible emptiness. 2. senselessness, meaninglessness, pointlessness, aimlessness, purposelessness, futility, uselessness, worthlessness, hollowness: The emptiness of the candidate’s words was apparent to all. 3. vacuity, vacuousness, vacantness, blankness, expressionlessness, emotionlessness: The emptiness of her facial expression told me that she hadn’t understood a word. …
- aimlessness
- aridity
- aridness
- banality
- bareness
- barrenness
- blank
- blank space
- blankness
- bleakness
- cavity
- chasm
- clearness
- desolateness
- desolation
- destitution
- empty space
- exhaustion
- expressionlessness
- futility
- gap
- hole
- hollow
- hollowness
- hunger
- idleness
- impassivity
- ineffectiveness
- insignificance
- meaninglessness
- nothing
- nothingness
- nullity
- pointlessness
- poverty
- purposelessness
- senselessness
- solitude
- sterility
- stoniness
- triviality
- unimportance
- vacancy
- vacantness
- vacuity
- vacuousness
- vacuum
- valuelessness
- vanity
- void
- waste
- worthlessness
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Содержание
- 1 Английский
- 1.1 Морфологические и синтаксические свойства
- 1.2 Произношение
- 1.3 Семантические свойства
- 1.3.1 Значение
- 1.3.2 Синонимы
- 1.3.3 Антонимы
- 1.3.4 Гиперонимы
- 1.3.5 Гипонимы
- 1.4 Родственные слова
- 1.5 Этимология
- 1.6 Фразеологизмы и устойчивые сочетания
- 1.7 Библиография
Английский[править]
Морфологические и синтаксические свойства[править]
| ед. ч. | мн. ч. |
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| emptiness | emptinesses |
emptiness
Существительное.
Корень: —; суффикс: -ness.
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- МФА: ед. ч. [ˈɛɱ.ti.nəs], мн. ч. []
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- пустота ◆ Отсутствует пример употребления (см. рекомендации).
- бессодержательность ◆ Отсутствует пример употребления (см. рекомендации).
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