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.

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 insincerity, falseness hypocrisy - insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have untruthfulness - the quality of being untruthful

hollowness

noun

1. Total lack of ideas, meaning, or substance:

barrenness, blankness, emptiness, inanity, vacancy, vacuity, vacuousness.

2. A desolate sense of loss:

blankness, desolation, emptiness, vacuum, void.

Translations

تَجْويف، فَراغ

dutinaprázdnota

hulhedtomhed

Hohlheit

creux

üregesség

aî vera holur/innantómur

dutosť

boşlukçukurlukoyukluk

空洞

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.

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.

2. (of a sound) strangely deep, as if made in something hollow. a hollow voice.

noun

1. something hollow. hollows in her cheeks.

2. a small valley; a dip in the ground. You can't see the farm from here because it's in a hollow.

ˈhollowness noun

beat hollow

to beat thoroughly at a game etc. The local team were beaten hollow by eight goals to one on Saturday.

hollow out

to make hollow. They hollowed out a tree-trunk to make a boat.