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emptiness
(encz) | emptiness,nicotnost Zdeněk Brož |
emptiness
(encz) | emptiness,prázdnota n: Zdeněk Brož |
Emptiness
(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.
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2. Want of solidity or substance; unsatisfactoriness;
inability to satisfy desire; vacuity; hollowness; as, the
emptiness of earthly glory.
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3. Want of knowledge; lack of sense; vacuity of mind.
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Eternal smiles his emptiness betray. --Pope.
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The sins of emptiness, gossip, and spite.
--Tennyson.
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emptiness
(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, emptiness,
vacuum]
4: the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the
vanities of the world" [syn: vanity, emptiness] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
emptiness
(encz) | emptiness,nicotnost Zdeněk Brožemptiness,prázdnota n: Zdeněk Brož |
emptiness
(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, emptiness,
vacuum]
4: the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the
vanities of the world" [syn: vanity, emptiness] |
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