пустота́ — meaning in English

English meaning

• blank adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
• emptiness noun The state of containing nothing; being empty.
• hollow noun A small valley or dip between hills, or a sunken area on a surface.
• inanition noun The act of removing the contents of something; the state of being empty.
• void adjective Completely empty; containing nothing.

Senses

пустота́ is used for these senses in English:

• blank An empty space; a void, for example on a paper [since the 16th century].
• hollow (figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
• inanition (philosophy) A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to nausea in existentialist philosophy.

blank — full definition

1. adj Free of writing, marks, or content; empty.
2. adj Showing no expression, understanding, or emotion.
3. noun A cartridge loaded with gunpowder but no bullet, used for training or effects rather than firing a projectile.
4. verb To go suddenly unable to remember something.
5. verb To deliberately ignore someone.

emptiness — full definition

1. noun The state of containing nothing; being empty.
2. noun A feeling of hollowness or lack of meaning, sometimes linked to sadness or loneliness.

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