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. — shanghainese
archer_root · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
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. — shanghainese
Form is emptiness; emptiness is form.
ruФорма есть пустота, пустота есть форма. — fjay69
deForm ist Leere, Leere ist Form. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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. — al_ex_an_der
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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regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.