emptiness
The state or feeling of being emptyThe state or feeling of being empty; an emotion that combines hollowness, numbness, disconnection and a lack of meaning in life, resulting in existential boredom, ennui or depression.
» Form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
Форма то є порожнеча, порожнеча то є форма.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The state or feeling of being empty; an emotion that combines hollowness, numbness, disconnection and a lack of meaning in life, resulting in existential boredom, ennui or depression.
Leere, Leerheit
пустота́pustotá
порожне́чаporožnéča
(countable, uncountable)A void; a nothingness; something lacking existence.
(countable, uncountable)A nonexistence; a lack of existence.
- having an empty stomach
- the state of containing nothing
- the quality of being valueless or futile
- an empty area or space
Examples
26 sentencesForm is emptiness, emptiness is form.
Форма то є порожнеча, порожнеча то є форма.
Form is emptiness; emptiness is form.
ruФорма есть пустота, пустота есть форма.
deForm ist Leere, Leere ist Form.
Sami had that emptiness inside him.
The emptiness inside me is overwhelming.
In my brain reigns a yawning emptiness.
ruВ моём мозгу царит зияющая пустота.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English emptynesse, from Old English ǣmtiġnes. By surface analysis,Inherited from Middle English emptynesse, from Old English ǣmtiġnes. By surface analysis, empty + -ness.
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Forms
plural: emptinesses| Singular | emptiness |
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Synonyms
4 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable