noun [U,sing.]
1 a feeling of being sad and lonely because nothing seems to have any value:
There was an aching emptiness in her heart.
2 the fact that there is nothing or nobody 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 sea.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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