hollowness

Other forms: hollownesses

Definitions of hollowness
  1. noun
    the state of being hollow: having an empty space within
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    antonyms:
    solidity
    state of having the interior filled with matter
    type of:
    emptiness
    the state of containing nothing
  2. noun
    the property of having a sunken area
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    type of:
    concaveness, concavity
    the property possessed by a concave shape
  3. noun
    the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical
    synonyms: falseness, insincerity
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    types:
    hypocrisy
    insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really have
    sanctimoniousness, sanctimony
    the quality of being hypocritically devout
    fulsomeness, oiliness, oleaginousness, smarminess, unction, unctuousness
    smug self-serving earnestness
    type of:
    untruthfulness
    the quality of being untruthful
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