hollow feeling
Emotional void inside
A hollow feeling is an emotional emptiness or ache, typically felt in the chest or stomach—as if something essential has been scooped out.
It accompanies grief, loss, disappointment, or dread: She was left with a hollow feeling after the funeral.
The sensation suggests absence where fullness should be.
- emptinessAbsence of substance
- voidWithout legal effect
- achePersistent dull discomfort
- heavy heartProfound emotional sadness
- pitFruit's hard seed
empty inside · pit in stomach · numbness · emotional numbness · longing · shell · echo · vacant · barren · gutted · sinking · loss · grief · yearning · chest · stomach · carved · drained
- appetitehungry, hunger, starving, famished, ravenous
- dissatisfactiondissatisfaction, discontent, displeasure, frustration, disappointment
hollow feelingfullness
State of being complete
contentment · fulfillment · warm feeling · heart full · deep satisfaction
hollow feelingmeaningfulness
Quality of having purpose
passion · drive · motivation · zest for life · vitality
hollow feelingsense of belonging
Feeling included and accepted
intimacy · togetherness · communion · deep bond · emotional intimacy
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