empty

Examples

• All

• My brain seems so empty without them.

• I was so lonely, empty.

  Of Things Past (2023)

• And I remember just feeling empty, cold.

• You can have an empty home and an empty soul.

  The Minimalists

• I find life now empty.

  Francis of Assisi (1961)

• But those celebrations pass quickly, and then there are empty, lonely weeks again.

  Fiction book (1990)

• You just, you're empty beyond anything, just empty.

• Moonlight is now sitting in an empty room and feeling empty.

  The Minimalists

• It's not fun, it's boring, it's empty, there's nothing to do.

• We had whittled our lives down to nothing, just empty space and swatches of dust in the corners.

  Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

M

meaningless

vsempty

204 5.1

Having no meaning, value, or purpose

adds an emotional numb or insincere quality beyond mere lack of meaning

B

blank

vsempty

72 4.2

A look that shows no expression or understanding

adds a sense of lacking sincere feeling or meaningful content

H

hollow

vsempty

58 5.5

Empty inside and not sincere or meaningful

is more about emotional numbness combined with lack of meaning

I

idle

vsempty

35 5.2

Unimportant talk with no real reason

focuses on emotional numbness and lack of sincere meaning rather than triviality

A

apathetic

vsempty

24 6.8

Not showing much interest or energy

is more about inner numbness and insincere or meaningless feeling

V

vacant

vsempty

• Offensive

15 4.1

Having a blank look that shows no thought or interest

is about feeling emotionally numb and lacking sincere content

I

impassive

vsempty

9 7.1

Not showing any feeling on the face or in the voice

also implies emotional numbness combined with insincerity or meaninglessness

E

expressionless

vsempty

9 4.4

Having a face or way of acting that shows no feeling

includes lack of meaning or sincerity as well as emotional blankness

V

vacuous

vsempty

• Formal

1 8.1

Having no real meaning or importance

focuses more on emotional numbness rather than only lacking substance

I

inexpressive

vsempty

1 5.5

Having little feeling in the face or voice

is similar but also includes lacking meaning or sincere feeling

A

affectless

vsempty

1 9.3

A person who shows no emotion in the face or voice

adds lack of meaning or sincerity as well as emotional absence

Antonyms

E

emotional

598 2.1

Showing strong feelings that are easy to see

Idioms

G

glass half-empty

• Informal

7 6.5

A person who often sees the negative side of things

R

running on empty

• Informal

6 7.0

Very tired and having no energy or fuel left

Compounds

E

empty promise

13 3.8

A promise someone makes without any plan to keep it

E

empty suit

• Offensive

8 8.1

A person in a position of power who has no real skills

E

empty nester

5 6.6

A parent whose children have grown up and left home

E

empty words

4 5.1

Talk that has no real meaning and is not useful

E

empty tomb

4 7.7

A monument honoring a person whose body is elsewhere or cannot be found

E

empty talk

1 4.3

Words that sound important but have no real meaning or action

E

empty-bellied

1 4.1

Feeling hungry and weak

E

empty quiver

• Literature

9.9

Having nothing needed to deal with a problem

E

Empty Quiver approach

• Jargon

9.9

To use all available resources and keep nothing in reserve

How Sincere

genuine

140 3.2

sincere

236 2.5

empty

181 3.7

hollow

58 5.5

deceptive

59 5.3

Surface Forms

Etymology