hollowness Definition

hollow
adj

1. Containing an empty space within or below; not solid.

Thesaurus: coreless, empty, vacant, void, excavated, reamed; concave, sunken.
2. Sunken or depressed.

Example: hollow cheeks
3. Said of a sound: echoing as if made in a hollow place.

Thesaurus: echoing, resonant, reverberating; deep, muffled, dull, mute.
4. Said of a voice: dull or stifled.
5. Worthless; insincere.

Example: a hollow statement
Thesaurus: false, artificial, meaningless, flimsy, worthless, unreliable, unsound.

noun

1. A hole or cavity in something.

Thesaurus: cavity, cave, channel, crater, depression, excavation, indentation, pit, womb.
2. A valley or depression in the land.

adverb

1. colloq
Completely.
Example: beat someone hollow

verb

hollowed, hollowing
1. To make a hollow in it; to form it by making a hollow.

Thesaurus: burrow, dig, furrow, scoop, excavate, indent.
Form: hollow something out (usually)

Derivative: hollowly
adverb

Derivative: hollowness
noun

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon holh.