empty, vacant, blank, void, vacuous mean lacking contents which could or should be present. empty suggests a complete absence of contents.

1. To become empty: The theater emptied after the performance. 2. To discharge its contents: The river empties into a bay.

He says his life has been completely empty since his wife died. I felt empty, like a part of me had died.

emp′ti•a•ble, adj. emp′ti•er, n. emp′ti•ly, adv. emp′ti•ness, n. 1. vacuous. Empty, vacant, blank, void denote absence of content or contents.

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Definition of empty adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

EMPTY definition: containing nothing; having none of the usual or appropriate contents. See examples of empty used in a sentence.

If you feel empty, you feel unhappy and have no energy, usually because you are very tired or have just experienced something upsetting. I felt empty and hollow; defeated. I feel so empty, my life just …

Empty comes from an Old English word meaning "at leisure," or in other words, "unoccupied." Over time, the sense of that meaning changed from "not at work" to "devoid of contents."

Some common synonyms of empty are blank, vacant, vacuous, and void. While all these words mean "lacking contents which could or should be present," empty suggests a complete absence of contents.