Synonyms for nothingness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : nuhth-ing-nis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnʌθ ɪŋ nɪs


Définition of nothingness

Origin :
  • "nonexistence," 1630s, from nothing + -ness.
  • noun insignificance
Example sentences :
  • He will pass to the dark realm of nothingness, but will not find me there.
  • Extract from : « Monsieur du Muroir (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • But the new voice was stilled into nothingness by the shrill, reawakening falsetto.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Afterwards all these impressions blended into one nothingness.
  • Extract from : « Master and Man » by Leo Tolstoy
  • On the other side this life is a nothingness so large that you will be as nothing in it.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • What a consciousness of his own nothingness, and of his sins!
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • The clearing and the hut, with smoke billowing from it, dropped into nothingness.
  • Extract from : « Raiders Invisible » by Desmond Winter Hall
  • The dead are dead, and the living are alive; and between them is a gulf—an abyss of nothingness.
  • Extract from : « The World Beyond » by Raymond King Cummings
  • Herein is seen the true cleverness of a man, and also his nothingness and want of manhood.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • The nothingness of man against the pitilessness of fate made all the world a blank.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • But now I was utterly alone, I was in the presence of nothingness.
  • Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

Antonyms for nothingness

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