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1. emptiness
noun. ['ˈɛmptiːnəs, ˈɛmtiːnəs'] the state of containing nothing.
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ness (English)
- empty (English)
- emty (Middle English (1100-1500))
Rhymes with Emptiness
- abruptness
- absoluteness
- acuteness
- adonis
- aggressiveness
- agribusiness
- airworthiness
- alertness
- aloofness
- alumnus
- anise
- anus
- appropriateness
- arbitrariness
- assertiveness
- astuteness
- attentiveness
- attractiveness
- awareness
- awfulness
Sentences with emptiness
1. Noun, singular or mass
Posing a subject off-center may also leave a glaring emptiness in the photo.
2. Verb, base form
Just because you live alone doesn't mean your home is doomed to emptiness.
Quotes about emptiness
1. Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper,That we may record our emptiness.
- Kahlil Gibran
2. Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.
- Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
3. Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.
- Nicholas Sparks, Message in a Bottle
2. emptiness
noun. ['ˈɛmptiːnəs, ˈɛmtiːnəs'] having an empty stomach.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ness (English)
- empty (English)
- emty (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. emptiness
noun. ['ˈɛmptiːnəs, ˈɛmtiːnəs'] the quality of being valueless or futile.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- -ness (English)
- empty (English)
- emty (Middle English (1100-1500))