1
as in hunger
a need or desire for food
the emptiness that usually sets in about three o'clock in the afternoon
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as in void
empty space
there in the vast emptiness of the desert was a long-abandoned jeep
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as in vacancy
the quality or state of being empty
the emptiness of the interior of the isolated house just made it seem all the more eerie
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Recent Examples of emptiness
Fall from the emptiness of his promises—and that is not a metaphor.
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Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
No special effects were required to trigger Curry's stark drift from amiability to horrifying emptiness.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The persistent emptiness of what might have been.
—Aisha Muharrar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
That’s because Horton’s emptiness is felt downtown wide.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
And by the time Bob finally reaches the border of that emptiness, the actor playing him no longer feels the least bit absent from himself.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025
Despite its emptiness, Termessos is easy to reach.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
When people are directed to fill their spiritual emptiness with rage, the social outcome is predictably tragic.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Drowning in an indescribable emptiness, Day chases Dusk to the throne room and beats the ever-living hell out of him, but Dusk has something Day doesn’t — nanites.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
No special effects were required to trigger Curry's stark drift from amiability to horrifying emptiness.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
The persistent emptiness of what might have been.
—Aisha Muharrar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025
That’s because Horton’s emptiness is felt downtown wide.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
And by the time Bob finally reaches the border of that emptiness, the actor playing him no longer feels the least bit absent from himself.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025
Despite its emptiness, Termessos is easy to reach.
—Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
When people are directed to fill their spiritual emptiness with rage, the social outcome is predictably tragic.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
Drowning in an indescribable emptiness, Day chases Dusk to the throne room and beats the ever-living hell out of him, but Dusk has something Day doesn’t — nanites.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptiness
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Scenes from Gaza of devastation and hunger, as well as a famine declaration, have prompted outrage around the world and left Israel isolated diplomatically.—
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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For those who remain, daily life is defined by loss, exhaustion, and extreme hunger.—
Muhammad bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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The Panthers are relying on their entire team to fill Barkov’s void, but Lundell is putting the onus on himself to be one of the main guys to step up.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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Fede leaves a great void in our team.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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The reality is Schwarber and Realmuto might represent the two best options the Phillies have to fill those vacancies.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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In May, the region’s federal district court judges appointed her as a magistrate judge to fill a vacancy.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
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Every time the Wild got hemmed in their zone, Gustavsson swallowed the puck in his stomach or against the Wild crest on his chest and let his teammates get a breather and line change.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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While no one mentions a diagnosis out loud, Linda’s daughter appears to be suffering from ARFID, and her refusal to eat has been persistent enough to require a stomach tube and nightly infusions of nutrients by way of a feeding pump.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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His beam wavered on a patch of blankness, or the corner of an amp, and then began to roam the stage in desperation, scanning here and scanning there—until, from the darkness, the voice of Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden’s singer, was heard.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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This can leave a certain blankness at the film’s center, but Seyfried’s performance ably fills in the emotional details.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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Beyond sensing, the device could help study phenomena like vacuum gravity.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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And those two things, the flood and Carmine Falcone being killed, and there being a power vacuum in Gotham City.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Owners don’t split that money with players, so the appetite is there for a league that lags behind the NFL, NBA and MLB in annual revenue.—
Rob Rossi,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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China and India largely drove the rise in renewables and met much of the world’s growing appetite for electricity, leading to a drop in fossil fuel generation in both countries.—
Natasha Bracken,
semafor.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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And then there's these little, sort of, smaller efforts to legalize X or Y or Z, fill in the blank.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 2025
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Why he was executed on day 328, point blank, at the hands of Hamas, hours before approaching Israel Defense Forces would have set him free.—
Romina Ruiz-Goiriena,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Emptiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emptiness. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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