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What is the adjective for hollow?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb hollow which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

hollow
  1. (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
  2. (of a sound) Distant, eerie; echoing, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
  3. (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
  4. (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
  5. concave; gaunt; sunken.
  6. (gymnastics) pertaining to hollow body position
  7. Synonyms:
      8. sunken, concave, depressed, indented, dented, dished, recessed, cavernous, incurvate, troughlike, alveolate, arched, cleft, cupped, curved, dimpled, excavated, incurved, infundibular, notched, pitted, striated, unoccupied, vaulted, deep-set, caved in, carved out, cup-shaped, dipped, hollowed, curved in, settled, lower, pushed in, set back, rounded, incurvated, round, curved inwards, scooped out, foveate, buried, drawn, lowered, haggard, gaunt, pinched, cadaverous, fallen-in, at a lower level … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “His sunken chest, stooped shoulders, and hollow eyes lend him the appearance of a man twice his age.”
      “A sound that is close to this is the hollow sound of a tuning fork.”
      “If Colin wins his case, I feel it will be a hollow victory for him, whether or not he realizes this now.”
hollower
  1. comparative form of hollow: more hollow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. more concave, more depressed, more indented, more cavernous, more incurvate, more troughlike, more curved, more dimpled, more incurved, more infundibular, more notched, more striated, more unoccupied, more vaulted, more deep-set, duller, flatter, lower, deeper, heavier, muter, deader, ghostlier, more muffled, more rumbling, more toneless, more sepulchral, more clangorous, more reverberant, more resounding, more thunderous, emptier, uselesser, vainer, more worthless, more futile, more meaningless, more fruitless, more pointless, more unavailing, more bootless, more nugatory, more otiose, more profitless, more specious, more idle, more Pyrrhic, falser, flimsier … more
hollowest
  1. superlative form of hollow: most hollow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. most concave, most depressed, most indented, most cavernous, most incurvate, most troughlike, most curved, most dimpled, most incurved, most infundibular, most notched, most striated, most unoccupied, most vaulted, most deep-set, dullest, flattest, lowest, deepest, heaviest, mutest, deadest, ghostliest, most muffled, most rumbling, most toneless, most sepulchral, most clangorous, most reverberant, most resounding, most thunderous, emptiest, uselessest, vainest, most worthless, most futile, most meaningless, most fruitless, most pointless, most unavailing, most bootless, most nugatory, most otiose, most profitless, most specious, most idle, most Pyrrhic, falsest, flimsiest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “When New Hampshire voted on March 7, Muskie won the hollowest of victories, 46 percent of the vote, far below the predicted 65 percent.”
      “Like Christopher Robin Milne, embittered child of A. A., Luke Hayman rails against the books that stole his good name, transforming him into the hollowest of celebrities.”
      “That is the hollowest hope there could be.”
hollowed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of hollow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. excavated, burrowed, channelled, channeled, dug, ditched, furrowed, gorged, gouged, grooved, pitted, scraped, shoveled, shovelled, trenched, tunnelled, tunneled, corrugated, dented, dished, indented, notched, rabbeted, rutted, scooped, cut out, dug out, gouged out, scooped out, carved out … more
hollowing
  1. present participle of hollow
  2. Synonyms:
      3. excavating, burrowing, channeling, channelling, digging, ditching, furrowing, gorging, gouging, grooving, pitting, scraping, shoveling, shovelling, trenching, tunnelling, tunneling, corrugating, denting, dishing, indenting, notching, rabbeting, rutting, scooping, cutting out, digging out, gouging out, scooping out, carving out … more
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