Synonyms for hollowness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hol-oh

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɒl oʊ

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Définition of hollowness

Origin : c.1200, from Old English holh (n.) "hollow place, hole," from Proto-Germanic *hul-, from PIE *kel- "to cover, conceal" (see cell). The figurative sense of "insincere" is attested from 1520s. Related: Hollowly; hollowness. To carry it hollow "take it completely" is first recorded 1660s, of unknown origin or connection.

noun emptiness

Example sentences :

Laura smiled as she glanced at his face, but it was not its hollowness she was thinking of.
Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss

How can a man of your age talk of being melancholy, or of the hollowness of existence?
Extract from : « The Upper Berth » by Francis Marion Crawford

You are Canadian—in you I can banish the coldness, hollowness, and degeneracy of Europe.
Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall

There were no tears in his eyes, but a feeling of hollowness about his heart, and a great pain.
Extract from : « Riders of the Silences » by John Frederick

They gave off a muffled clink of hollowness when he tapped them.
Extract from : « The Devil's Asteroid » by Manly Wade Wellman

Then she rapped the floor and walls, and could discover no indications of hollowness.
Extract from : « Scottish Ghost Stories » by Elliott O'Donnell

But its hollowness and falseness they feel at times most keenly.
Extract from : « Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women » by George Sumner Weaver

Alas for the hollowness of American religion and philanthropy!
Extract from : « Buchanan's Journal of Man, May 1887 » by Various

I knew them from the first—saw through their hollowness and despised them.
Extract from : « Windsor Castle » by William Harrison Ainsworth

She felt the hollowness of his speech, and no more; and she said, "Good-bye, Edward."
Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith

Antonyms for hollowness

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