emptiness : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: emptiness	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for emptiness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
emptiness n the state of containing nothing Antonym(s): fullness having an empty stomach an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" Synonym(s): void, vacancy, emptiness, vacuum the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world" Synonym(s): vanity, emptiness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Emptiness \Emp"tiness\, 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. 2. Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness; inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; the emptiness of earthly glory. 3. Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray. --Pope. The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite. --Tennyson.