Cold and Empty

Cold

Cold adjective - Having a low or subnormal temperature.

Empty and cold are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Empty" instead an adjective "Cold".

Nearby Words: coldness, coldly, coldish

Empty

Empty adjective - Not expressing any emotion.
Usage example: the refugees' faces had the dazed, empty look of despair

Cold and empty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cold" instead an adjective "Empty".

Nearby Words: emptiness, emptying, emptily

Both words in one sentence

  • Empty Eyes Jaws had Quint's memorable quote about how a shark's eyes look like a doll's eyes - cold and empty.
    Source: Empty Eyes
  • Power of the Void A padawan practising this describes that while the Force feels warm, the Void feels cold and empty.
  • Insane Troll Logic Every single character in the story that has multiple partners is stated as having slept with dozens of people (at a minimum) and always feeling "cold and empty inside" afterward.
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Empty and Cold. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold/empty
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Empty or Cold. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cold/empty.
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