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EMPTINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being valueless or futile
Example:
he rejected the vanities of the world
Synonyms:
emptiness; vanity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("emptiness" is a kind of...):
ineptitude; worthlessness (having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful)
Derivation:
empty (devoid of significance or force)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An empty area or space
Example:
without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum
Synonyms:
emptiness; vacancy; vacuum; void
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("emptiness" is a kind of...):
space (an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having an empty stomach
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("emptiness" is a kind of...):
hunger; hungriness (a physiological need for food; the consequence of food deprivation)
Derivation:
empty (needing nourishment)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The state of containing nothing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("emptiness" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emptiness"):
blankness (the state of being blank; void; emptiness)
hollowness (the state of being hollow: having an empty space within)
vacancy (being unoccupied)
vacuity; vacuum (the absence of matter)
Antonym:
fullness (the condition of being filled to capacity)
Derivation:
empty (holding or containing nothing)
empty (emptied of emotion)
