Hollowness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state of being hollow; cavity; depression of surface; excavation.
  • noun. Emptiness; insincerity; deceitfulness; treachery.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. State of being hollow.
  • noun. Insincerity; unsoundness; treachery.
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  • noun. the state or quality of being hollow
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  • noun. the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
  • noun. the state of being hollow: having an empty space within
  • noun. the property of having a sunken area
    • Word Usage
    ""[E] ssentially, The Good German is a parallel universe version of Casablanca, which both makes the film interesting and ultimately lends it a certain hollowness," writes Drew Morton at Dr Mabuse's Kaleido-Scope."
    cross-reference
    emptiness  falsity  insincerity  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    concaveness  concavity  emptiness  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    artificiality  emptiness  falseness  falsity  frivolity  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    insincerity  treachery  unsoundness  
    verb-stem
    hollow  
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