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What are words to describe emptiness?

Here are some words to describe emptiness, categorized by nuance:

General emptiness:

* Empty

* Vacant

* Hollow

* Void

* Blank

* Bare

* Desolate

* Depleted

* Unfilled

* Lacking

Emptiness as a feeling:

* Loneliness

* Isolation

* Despair

* Hopelessness

* Meaningless

* Pointless

* Devoid

* Lost

* Alienated

Emptiness as a state:

* Silence

* Stillness

* Quietude

* Apathy

* Indifference

* Zen (in the sense of mindful emptiness)

Emptiness as a lack of something specific:

* Heartless (lacking compassion)

* Soulless (lacking spirit)

* Mindless (lacking thought)

* Purpose-less (lacking direction)

* Contentless (lacking substance)

* Uninspired (lacking creativity)

Emptiness as a concept:

* Nihilism

* Existentialism

* Nothingness

* The abyss

Figurative emptiness:

* Ghostly

* Ethereal

* Spectral

* Vacuumed

* Drained

More specific words:

* Vacuous (lacking intelligence)

* Futile (useless)

* Inane (silly)

* Sterile (lacking life)

* Abject (miserable)

The best word to use depends on the specific context and what kind of emptiness you are trying to describe.

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