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noun
The state or quality of being hollow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: insincerity, falseness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: untruthfulness
Narrower terms: hypocrisy
noun
the property of having a sunken area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: concavity, concaveness
noun
the state of being hollow: having an empty space within
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: solidity
Broader terms: emptiness
History
Etymology tree English hollow Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English hollowness From hollow + -ness.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
