1. (

• emptiness

) the state of containing nothing ;

2. (

• emptiness ,

) having an empty stomach ;

3. (

• void ,
• vacancy ,
• emptiness ,
• vacuum

) an empty area or space; "the huge desert voids"; "the emptiness of outer space"; "without their support he'll be ruling in a vacuum" ;

4. (

• vanity ,
• emptiness

) the quality of being valueless or futile; "he rejected the vanities of the world" ;