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