hollow
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˈhɑloʊ/
:
vacío
- Ricky, your marriage was a hollow shell.
- ring hollow
- sound hollow
- a hollow victory
But it feels so hollow, you know, it feels so hollow.
- But it feels so hollow, you know, it feels so hollow.
- They are shallow, hollow, transactional, and unfulfilling.
- You recognize how hollow it sounds.
- But there you go, these hollow vows.
- Until all that remained was a starless void in the hollow husk once known as Chris Wallace.
- And it's not, it's, it's not, it's hollow.
- And it led me to a very, very hollow existence.
- Yeah, well the celebration will be short lived and Hitler's words will prove hollow.
- And then just like other flavors, so hollow, hollow.
- It felt very signally and hollow.
Examples
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With these comments, Min's mother was again underscoring the hollow state of South Korean education.
Academic text (2004) -
Your apologies have always rung hollow with me.
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But it feels so hollow, you know, it feels so hollow.
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Alone, hollow and without hope.
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New Year's Eve is a holiday, not a hollow month or a hollow week.
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But really it only takes a little bit of digging to see how hollow the offer really is.
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Statements about defending the right to free fishing in international waters sound hollow to the Peruvians and neighboring nations.
Academic text (2003) -
His eyebrows didn't come together anymore; his silver voice seemed hollow, and his shoulders drooped.
Fiction book (1992) -
The singer's performance was filled with hollow emotions, lacking any genuine connection.
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His hollow words disappointed everyone, revealing his insincerity during the discussion.
Synonyms
351
3.7
Feeling like you have no feelings inside
226
5.1
Having no meaning, value, or purpose
34
6.3
Cold and showing no warm or deep feeling
16
7.9
Not interesting or lively and often boring
5
8.1
Having no real meaning or importance
1
9.9
Shows no real feeling and is not sincere
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Literature
A deep, empty pain in the chest or heart that feels emotional rather than physical
How Sincere
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hollow comes from an old English word holh, meaning 'hole' or 'empty space', the same root as hole, so people began to use it for feelings or words that seem empty or without real meaning. That's why to feel hollow is to feel empty inside.