hollowed out
Scooped from within
Hollowed out describes something that has had its interior removed, leaving an empty shell: a hollowed out log, a hollowed out pumpkin.
Figuratively, it suggests being drained of substance, vitality, or meaning: The company was hollowed out by years of cost-cutting.
He felt hollowed out after the divorce.
- scoopedLifted with curved tool
- pitFruit's hard seed
- gougedCarved or overcharged
- holeAbsence in matter
- carvedCut to create form
emptied · skeletonized · gutted · shell · cored · excavated · weevilled · void · depleted · cavernous · weakened · cadaverous · tunneled · eviscerated · husk · empty inside · compromised · eroded
structural solidity
hollowed outsolid
Firm matter state
dense · filled in · compact · massive · impermeable
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