empty words
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5.1
- noun
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palabras vacías
- You are just making excuses with empty words.
- just empty words
And that's not just empty words from holy scriptures.
- And that's not just empty words from holy scriptures.
- You will not steal my son's dreams with your empty words.
- In all these forms, necessity has shown itself to be only an empty word.
- This woman has run for president on nothing other than empty words.
Examples
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This is just a bunch of empty words, metaphors, and analogies with no real "meat" to it.
Blog text (16) -
Your transparent tactics and empty words deserve no respect or consideration, and none will be given in the jungle that is climate, etc.
Blog text (34) -
Are they all empty words?
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But what do these empty words mean?
Blog text (28) -
Let no one deceive you with empty words.
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Don't bother with more empty words.
Blog text (11) -
We the People have had too much of his empty words and broken promises, and the nation is on the brink of disaster.
Blog text (25) -
You promised Tino greatness and gave him empty words.
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"Usually talk of mandates is just empty words and false claims," says James Stimson, a political science professor at the University of North Carolina.
Blog text (4) -
His promises were nothing but empty words that failed to inspire any trust.
Synonyms
578
2.5
Words or ideas that do not make sense
265
7.0
Words that sound impressive but have little real meaning
102
3.1
Words or writing that have no value
24
8.6
Empty showy talk with little real meaning
17
5.3
Talk that sounds important but has no real meaning
13
8.8
Talk that is not true and tries to trick people
5
9.3
Words or ideas that sound important but have little real meaning
5
8.7
Silly talk about unimportant things
2
8.8
A lot of talk that sounds important but says nothing
1
9.9
Talk that is false and meant to fool or impress people
1
5.8
Casual talk about small, unimportant things, often gossip
1
4.3
Words that sound important but have no real meaning or action
1
8.0
Words that people say but do not mean
1
6.0
Things people say that are completely untrue or pointless
1
9.9
Worthless or silly talk that has no useful ideas
Speech that sounds important but has no real action
Words or ideas that are complete nonsense and worthless
Language full of long hard words used to seem clever
Antonyms
How Insincere
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'words or statements that have no real meaning or substance' is directly and compositionally derived from 'empty' (lacking content or sincerity) + 'words' (utterances). This is a transparent, cross-linguistically common metaphorical composition that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer.
Etymology
Empty words paints a simple picture: the words are like empty boxes with nothing inside. When someone uses empty words, their speech sounds nice but gives no real meaning or promise. That's why the phrase means 'words that have no real value or meaning'.