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empty

/'ɛmpti/

Synonyms of empty Antonyms of empty Examples of empty Usage of empty Parts of empty Definition that contains empty Words sounding like empty Explanation of empty

verb
leave behind empty; move out of
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abandon vacate

type of:
go forth go away leave
verb
excrete or discharge from the body
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evacuate void

type of:
eliminate excrete egest pass
adjective
needing nourishment
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"after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime" "empty-bellied children"

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empty-bellied hungry
adjective
devoid of significance or force
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"empty promises"

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hollow vacuous meaningless nonmeaningful
verb
become empty or void of its content
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discharge

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fill

type of:
change state turn
noun
a container that has been emptied
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container
adjective
emptied of emotion
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"after the violent argument he felt empty"

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drained
adjective
holding or containing nothing
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"an empty glass" "an empty room" "full of empty seats" "empty hours"

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looted lifeless glazed white vacant stripped ransacked plundered pillaged vacuous void blank bare glassy empty-handed clean

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full
verb
make void or empty of contents
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fill

type of:
modify change alter
verb
remove
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type of:
withdraw remove take away take

Examples of empty

"after skipped lunch the men were empty by suppertime"
"empty-bellied children"
"empty promises"
"after the violent argument he felt empty"
"an empty glass"
"an empty room"
"full of empty seats"
"empty hours"