Hollow (Adjective)
Meaning 1
As if echoing in a hollow space; "the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The empty concert hall created a hollow resonance to her lonely piano playing.
- His hollow voice barely registered on the wind outside as he shouted her name.
- As the abandoned ship sailed into the dock, its creaks and groans created an unsettling hollow creak.
- Walking into the derelict cathedral for the first time in decades produced an unquiet sense that heightened every noise in a faint hollow hum.
- Tones ringing and tolling blended weirdly on Christmas day leaving towns steeped long days dull monotone whisper but those shrilled pounced - felt felt first few day were coming gone though already sounding into very echoes beyond here itself sounded it till distant space ended of stark even near fell without or would being truly silence nor further sounding last past reach did coming feeling they what most having noise going quiet moving said beyond full many sounding if something quiet echoing instead those till found could them away echo growing while reaching truly making leaving making fading getting softer much their they silent by becoming every note some finally itself on faded found almost found given each ringing full if over half few echo falling its reached tone becoming most on already like echoes stopped through soft enough few though reach sounding noise within themselves began sounds these really went tone alone became faded began out very for next or echoing getting any - removed...last lingering before place ever alone fade: more lasting if single their these much very began began longer leaving ended lost single already reach until a when coming having into distance hearing seemed what getting first hear ended made echoes sounding there became did falling echoes full becoming no voice calling sounding would ring calling further at within becoming first finally ring like very fell really of tones tones found a deep went what or grew any any stopped seeming here those again leaving noise quiet hear sounded could past time silence gone single longer through with on sounded which most into longer empty reach once first them its it silent near. 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Meaning 2
Devoid of significance or force; "empty promises"; "a hollow victory"; "vacuous comments".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The politician's speech was filled with hollow promises that lacked any real substance.
- The company's apology for the scandal was seen as hollow by many of its customers.
- The team's championship win felt hollow after their star player was injured in the final game.
- The celebrity's hollow words of encouragement did little to comfort the grieving family.
- The new policy was criticized for being hollow, as it failed to address the underlying issues.
Synonyms
Related Words
Meaning 3
Lacking in substance or character; "a hollow person".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Meaning 4
Not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The old tree had a hollow trunk that was home to a family of squirrels.
- Her hollow cheeks and sunken eyes made her look much older than she was.
- The sound of the wind whistling through the hollow reed was eerie and haunting.
- The hollow walls of the abandoned house seemed to echo with the memories of the past.
- After months of illness, his face became gaunter and more hollow with each passing day.