Hollowness
['hɑlonəs]
Definition
(noun.) the property of having a sunken area.
(noun.) the state of being hollow: having an empty space within.
Edited by Ahmed--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) State of being hollow.
(n.) Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery.
Typed by Bush
Examples
- He felt only the hollowness that comes after action. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The coming of the dark always made him feel lonely and tonight he felt so lonely that there was a hollowness in him as of hunger. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He cast over in his mind, what it would be possible to do, to save himself from this misery of nothingness, relieve the stress of this hollowness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Editor: Ned