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What is another word for hollower?

Pronunciation: [hˈɒlə͡ʊə] (IPA)

Hollower is a term which is often used to describe something that is empty, hollow or vacant. It can also imply that something or someone is lacking in substance or depth. Synonyms for this word can include 'emptier', 'vacant', 'shallow', 'superficial', 'flat', 'lifeless', 'hollow', 'dead', 'uninspired' and 'empty'. These words all convey a similar meaning to 'hollower' and can be used interchangeably in most contexts. Whether you need to describe an empty space or a lack of substance in a person's character, these synonyms will help you to paint a clearer picture and convey your message more effectively.
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What are the hypernyms for Hollower?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Hollower

Youth, and the bloom of youth, had receded, leaving the purpose of her face to show itself in the hollower cheeks, the firmer lips, the eyes no longer spontaneously observing at random, but narrowed upon an end which was not near at hand.
"Night and Day"
Virginia Woolf
It was a fearful time; the falling off of the brig into the trough-and never was I in a hollower and more swelling sea-her falling off, I say, in the act of veering might end us out of hand by the rolling of a surge over us big enough to crush the vessel down fathoms out of sight; and then there was that horrible heap of faint whiteness leaping out of the dense blackness of the sky, gathering a more visible sharpness of outline with every liquid heave that forked us high into the flying night with shrieking rigging and boiling decks.
"The Frozen Pirate"
W. Clark Russell
The cure passed that night on the second bed of the back bedroom of the Hotel de la Plage, and awoke only at daylight, full of self- reproach, to find his charge still unconscious, still placid like a statue, with cheeks a little hollower, and lips a little whiter.
"Tomaso's Fortune and Other Stories"
Henry Seton Merriman

Famous quotes with Hollower

  • The bigger the unit you deal with, the hollower, the more brutal, the more mendacious is the life displayed.
    William James

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