emptiness

adjective emptier, emptiest

1. containing nothing; having nothing in it
2. having no one in it; unoccupied; vacant: an empty house
3. carrying or bearing nothing; bare
4. having no worth or purpose; useless or unsatisfying: empty pleasure
5. without meaning or force; insincere; vain: empty promises
6. Informal hungry

transitive verb emptied, emptying

1. to make empty
2. 1. to pour out or remove (the contents) of something
   2. to transfer (the contents) into, onto, or on something else
3. to unburden or discharge (oneself or itself)

intransitive verb

1. to become empty
2. to pour out; discharge: the river empties into the sea

noun pl. empties