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Definition of emptiness noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    emptiness

     noun
    noun
    NAmE//ˈɛmptinəs//
     
    [uncountable, singular]
     
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  1. 1a feeling of being sad because nothing seems to have any value There was an aching emptiness in her heart.
  2. 2the fact that there is nothing or no one in a place The silence and emptiness of the house did not scare her.
  3. 3(formal) a place that is empty He stared out at the vast emptiness that was the ocean.
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