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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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 satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; as, the
        emptiness of earthly glory.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Eternal smiles his emptiness betray.  --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite.
                                                    --Tennyson.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.
  
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  emptiness
       n 1: the state of containing nothing [ant: fullness]
       2: having an empty stomach
       3: an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the
          emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be
          ruling in a vacuum" [syn: void, vacancy, vacuum]
       4: the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the
          vanities of the world" [syn: vanity]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  emptiness
     Αγγλικά n.
     το κενό

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  emptiness
     n.
     1 The state or feeling of being empty.
     2 A void; a nothingness; something lacking existence.
     3 A nonexistence; a lack of existence.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Emptiness
     n.
     (lb en astronomy) a Chinese constellation near Aquarius and Equuleus,
  one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the Black Turtle.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  emptiness
     n.
     1 The state or feeling of being empty.
     2 A void; a nothingness; something lacking existence.
     3 A nonexistence; a lack of existence.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Emptiness
     n.
     (lb en astronomy) a Chinese constellation near Aquarius and Equuleus,
  one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the Black Turtle.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  emptiness
     n.
     1 The state or feeling of being empty.
     2 A void; a nothingness; something lacking existence.
     3 A nonexistence; a lack of existence.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Emptiness
     n.
     (lb en astronomy) a Chinese constellation near Aquarius and Equuleus,
  one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the Black Turtle.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  emptiness
     n.
     1 The state or feeling of being empty.
     2 A void; a nothingness; something lacking existence.
     3 A nonexistence; a lack of existence.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Emptiness
     n.
     (lb en astronomy) a Chinese constellation near Aquarius and Equuleus,
  one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the Black Turtle.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  emptiness
     Englanti n.
     tyhjyys

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  emptiness'
     Engelska n.
     (böjning en subst emptiness)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/
  الفراغ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/ 
  празнота
  the state or feeling of being empty

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/
  nicotnost

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/ 
  prázdnota

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/ 
  nicotnost

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/ 
  gwacter 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/
  Leere , Nichts  [phil.]

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/
  leerer Raum , Leere , Leere 
        "On my right, there were several yards of emptiness, then trees."  - Rechts von mir kam ein paar Meter nichts, dann Bäume.
     Synonyms: vacancy, vacantness
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/ 
  tyhjyys
  the state or feeling of being empty

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/
  praznina

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/
  1. üresség
  2. ûr

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/ 
  空, 空っぽ, 空虚, 虚しさ
  the state or feeling of being empty

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/ 
  tomhet
  the state or feeling of being empty

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  emptiness /ˈemtɪnɪs/ 
    pustka

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  emptiness /ˈɛmptinəs/ 
  tomhet
  the state or feeling of being empty

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɛmptinəs/, /ˈɛmtinəs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  228 Moby Thesaurus words for "emptiness":
     absence, absence of mind, absurdity, acreage, aimlessness, angst,
     anguish, anxiety, appetite, area, aridity, bareness, barrenness,
     big deal, blankness, bleakness, bloodlessness, bootlessness,
     boredom, breadth, canine appetite, casuistry, characterlessness,
     cheerlessness, colorlessness, continuum, crossed fingers,
     dead letter, deadness, deprivation, desertedness, desolateness,
     desolation, dimension, discomfort, discomposure, discontent,
     disingenuousness, dislike, dismalness, displeasure, disquiet,
     dissatisfaction, dragginess, dread, dreariness, drought, dryness,
     dullness, dustiness, effeteness, emotionlessness, empty sound,
     empty space, empty stomach, empty-headedness, ennui, etiolation,
     existential woe, expanse, expansion, expressionlessness, extension,
     extent, fatuity, fecklessness, field, flatness, flimsiness,
     foolishness, frivolity, frivolousness, fruitlessness, futility,
     galactic space, grimness, heaviness, hollow hunger, hollow mockery,
     hollowness, hunger, hungriness, idleness, impotence, inanition,
     inanity, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, inefficacy,
     inexcitability, infinite space, inquietude, insignificance,
     insincerity, insipidity, insipidness, interstellar space, jejunity,
     jesuitry, joylessness, lack of pleasure, leadenness, levity,
     lifelessness, lightness, lowness of spirit, malaise,
     meaninglessness, measure, mental void, mere noise, mockery, nausea,
     negation, negativeness, negativity, nihility, noise, nonbeing,
     nonentity, nonexistence, nongratification, noninhabitance,
     nonoccupance, nonoccupancy, nonoccurrence, nonreality,
     nonresidence, nonsatisfaction, nonsensicality, nonsubsistence,
     not-being, nothingness, nugacity, nullity, opening, otiosity,
     outer space, painfulness, paleness, pallor, phatic communion,
     place open, pointlessness, pokiness, polydipsia, ponderousness,
     profitlessness, proportion, purposelessness, rat race, relish,
     savorlessness, senselessness, shallowness, silliness, slenderness,
     slightness, slowness, solemnity, sophistry, space,
     spatial extension, sphere, spiritlessness, spleen, spread,
     staleness, sterility, stiffness, stodginess, stomach, stuffiness,
     superficial extension, superficiality, surface, sweet tooth,
     tapeworm, taste, tastelessness, tediousness, tedium, the absurd,
     thirst, thirstiness, tongue in cheek, torment of Tantalus, tract,
     triflingness, triteness, triviality, trivialness, unactuality,
     uncandidness, uncandor, uncomfortableness, unease, uneasiness,
     unfrankness, unhappiness, uninterestingness, unliveliness,
     unmeaningness, unpleasure, unproductiveness, unprofitability,
     unprofitableness, unreality, unsatisfaction, unsignificancy,
     uselessness, vacancy, vacant post, vacantness, vacuity,
     vacuousness, vacuum, valuelessness, vanity, vapidity, vapidness,
     vexation of spirit, vicious circle, void, voidness, volume,
     woodenness, worthlessness
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 空虚,无知;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 空虚,空腹,空处;无智,无能

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