hollowness


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hol·low

(hŏl′ō)
adj. hol·low·er, hol·low·est
1. Having a cavity, gap, or space within: a hollow wall.
2. Deeply indented or concave; sunken: "His bearded face already has a set, hollow look" (Conor Cruise O'Brien).
3. Without substance or character: a hollow person. See Synonyms at vain.
4. Devoid of truth or validity; specious: "Theirs is at best a hollow form of flattery" (Annalyn Swan).
5. Having a reverberating, sepulchral sound: hollow footsteps.
n.
1. A cavity, gap, or space: a hollow behind a wall.
2. An indented or concave surface or area.
3. A void; an emptiness: a hollow in one's life.
4. A small valley between hills or mountains.
v. hol·lowed, hol·low·ing, hol·lows
v.tr.
1. To make hollow: hollow out a pumpkin.
2. To scoop or form by making concave: hollow out a nest in the sand.
v.intr.
To become hollow or empty.
[Middle English holwe, holowe, from holgh, hole, burrow (influenced by hole, hollow), from Old English holh; see kel- in Indo-European roots.]
hol′low·ly adv.
hol′low·ness n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. hollowness - the state of being hollow: having an empty space within
emptiness - the state of containing nothing
solidity - state of having the interior filled with matter
2. hollowness - the property of having a sunken area
concaveness, concavity - the property possessed by a concave shape
3. hollowness - the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
hypocrisy - insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
untruthfulness - the quality of being untruthful
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hollowness

noun
1. Total lack of ideas, meaning, or substance:
2. A desolate sense of loss:
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Translations
تَجْويف، فَراغ
dutinaprázdnota
hulhedtomhed
üregesség
aî vera holur/innantómur
dutosť
boşluk çukurlukoyukluk

hollowness

[ˈhɒləʊnɪs] N
1. [of words, promise] → falsedad f; [of gesture, threat, victory] → vacuidad f; [of laugh] → lo falso
2. [of object, surface] → el hecho de ser hueco ; [of cheeks, eyes] → lo hundido
its hollowness means it can float → el hecho de que es hueco significa que puede flotar, al ser hueco puede flotar
the hollowness of her voice → lo apagado de su voz
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hollowness

[ˈhɒləʊnɪs] n
Now we see the hollowness of these promises → Maintenant nous pouvons voir combien ces promesses étaient creuses., Maintenant nous pouvons voir à quel point il s'agissait de promesses en l'air.
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hollowness

n (fig: of promise) → Leere f; (of guarantee) → Wertlosigkeit f
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hollow

(ˈholəu) adjective
1. having an empty space in it. a hollow tree; Bottles, pipes and tubes are hollow. hol أجْوَف кухина oco dutý hohl hul κούφιος hueco õõnes ميان تهی ontto creux חלול खोखला šupalj üre(ge)s berongga holur vuoto, cavo 中空の 속이 빈 drevėtas, tuščiaviduris tukšs; dobs; caurs geronggang; berongga hol hul pusty, wydrążony خالیګاه oco gol, scobit, dogit полый dutý votel šupalj ihålig กลวง boş, oyuk, çukur 中空的 порожній; пустий کھوکھلا rỗng 中空的
2. (of a sound) strangely deep, as if made in something hollow. a hollow voice. hol غَيْر رَنّان неясен surdo dutý hohl hul βαθύς cavernoso kume صداي بم kumea caverneux לול पोला mukao, dubok (glas) tompa (hang) bergaung holur, djúpur cupo うつろな 쑥 들어간 duslus (par skaņu) dobjš lompong hol hul, innfallen, innsunket głuchy, tubalny د بمب غږ cavo cavernos глухой dutý votel dubok ihålig (เสียง) ก้อง boğuk (聲音)空洞的,低沉有共鳴的 глухий گہری آواز وغیرہ (âm thanh) từ một nơi rỗng 空洞的
noun
1. something hollow. hollows in her cheeks. holte تَجْويف، حُفْرَه вдлъбнатина covinha důlek; jáma; dutina die Höhle fordybning; hulning βαθούλωμα, κουφάλα hueco lohk فرو رفتگی kuoppa creux שקע खोखला upalost (obrazi) mélyedés cekungan innfallinn, kinnfiskasoginn incavatura くぼみ 우묵한 곳 įdubimas, duobutė, drevė iekrituši vaigi cengkung kuil, hol fordypning, hulning, hulhet wgłębienie غوچاڼی covinha scobitură выемка jamka jamica rupica [i]hålighet, urholkning, håla, fördjupning สิ่งที่กลวง หรือโบ๋ çukur, oyuk 凹陷 западина کوئی کھوکھلی چیز nơi trũng xuống 凹陷
2. a small valley; a dip in the ground. You can't see the farm from here because it's in a hollow. laagte وادٍ، سَهْل مُجَوَّف котловина vale údolí die Vertiefung fordybning γούβα hondonada org گودی notko creux בקעה गड्ढा, घाटी udubina völgy lembah dæld; dalur cavità くぼ地 골짜기 dauba, klonis ieplaka lembah uitdieping dal, botn kotlina نانزکه vale depresiune низина výmoľ, roklina, údolie globel ravnica sänka แอ่ง küçük vadi 小山谷,地面凹陷 лощина گڑھا thung lũng 山谷
ˈhollowness noun
holheid تَجْويف، فَراغ вдлъбнатост concavidade dutina, prázdnota die Hohlheit hulhed; tomhed κενότητα oquedad, lo hueco õõnsakõlalisus فرورفتگی onttous creux ריקנות खोखलापन lažnost, neiskrenost üre(ge)sség rongga að vera holur/innantómur cavità, vuoto うつろなこと 움푹 들어감 tuštuma, duslumas tukšums kekosongan holheid hulhet pustka غوچاڼی concavidade scobitură пустота dutosť, prázdnota votlost šupljost ihålighet โพรง boşluk, oyukluk, çukurluk 空洞 пустота کھوکھلاپن sự trũng sâu 空洞
beat hollow
to beat thoroughly at a game etc. The local team were beaten hollow by eight goals to one on Saturday. uitstof يَهْزِمُ هزيمة شامِلَه правя на пух и прах arrasar porazit na hlavu völlig besiegen slå godt og grundigt συντρίβω arrasar, aplastar põhjalikult lööma شكست سخت خوردن voittaa ylivoimaisesti battre à plate couture לְהָבִיס जबरदस्त तरीके से हराना totalno poraziti, nadmašiti laposra ver vkit mengalahkan gjörsigra battere, superare 負かす 완전히 이기다 visiškai sumušti galīgi sakaut kādu kalah teruk totaal verslaan slå sønder og sammen pobić na głowę سخته ماته خوړل arrasar a bate măr разбить наголову poraziť na hlavu popolnoma premagati potpuno poraziti ge ordentligt med stryk ทําให้พ่ายแพ้ราบคาบ kolayca yenmek (比賽等)徹底打敗 перемогти з великим рахунком کھیل میں مکمل طور پر شکست دینا hoàn toàn đánh bại ai 把...完全打败
hollow out
to make hollow. They hollowed out a tree-trunk to make a boat. uithol يُجَوِّف издълбавам escavar vydlabat aushöhlen udhule κοιλαίνω ahuecar õõnestama تهی كردن tehdä ontoksi creuser, évider לְעֲשוֹתו חָלוּל खोखला करना izdupsti, udupsti (ki)váj melubangi hola innan scavare くりぬく 도려내다 išskaptuoti izdobt menebuk uithollen uthule wydrążyć سوری کول escavar a scobi выдалбливать vydlabať izdolbsti izdubiti holka (gröpa) ur, göra ihålig เจาะ içini boşaltmak, oymak 挖空 видовбувати کھوکھلا کرنا khoét rỗng 挖空
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'No - better - better!' he panted, trembling, and retaining her hand as if he needed its support, while his large blue eyes wandered timidly over her; the hollowness round them transforming to haggard wildness the languid expression they once possessed.
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I fancied I could even feel the hollowness of the ground beneath my feet: could, indeed, almost see through it the Morlocks on their ant-hill going hither and thither and waiting for the dark.
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This purse was of a thinness, a flabbiness, a hollowness, which did not escape the eye of Cropole.
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They had inscribed on my reason the conviction that unlawful pleasure, trenching on another's rights, is delusive and envenomed pleasure--its hollowness disappoints at the time, its poison cruelly tortures afterwards, its effects deprave for ever.
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I would not have him see my heart: yet, if he could but know her hollowness, her worthless, heartless frivolity, he would then be safe, and I should be--ALMOST happy, though I might never see him more!'
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Hilbery once more feel completely at a loss, and in addition, painfully and angrily obsolete; but in spite of an awful inner hollowness he was outwardly composed.
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The hollowness and thinness of his face would have caused them to look large, under his yet dark eyebrows and his confused white hair, though they had been really otherwise; but, they were naturally large, and looked unnaturally so.
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To-night, for the first time in my life, I saw through the hollowness, the sham, the silliness of the empty pageant in which I had always played.
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The greatest minds never realise their ideals in any matter; and Harris and I sighed over the hollowness of all earthly desires, and followed George.
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Such perfection of form, such hollowness that it certainly possessed, could not be the result of mere fortuitousness.
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Tulliver sat down on the bench, and tapping the ground curiously here and there with his stick, as if he suspected some hollowness, opened the conversation by observing, with something like a snarl in his tone,--
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"Another woman might have married him for his money." The next moment the miserable insufficiency of her own excuse for deceiving him showed its hollowness, self-exposed.
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