NOTHINGNESS Synonyms: 13 Similar and Opposite Words

nothingness

noun

ˈnə-thiŋ-nəs

Definition of nothingness

as in death

the state of being dead the inevitable nothingness that awaits all of us

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Recent Examples of nothingness Will studios abandon new work for memeslop or nobly resist a descent into IP-management nothingness? — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2026 There’s just this sense of absolute nothingness, then suddenly there would be a mountain or a city or a little town or a McDonald’s – something like that. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 1 May 2026 At the other end of the pitch, Robert Lewandowski crouches down on his haunches, eyes looking everywhere and nowhere, their nothingness saying everything. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026 As Bastian reads, a boy named Atreyu (Noah Hathaway), while pursued by a green-eyed creature called G’mork (Alan Oppenheimer), is dispatched by the Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach) to find the cure for the mysterious nothingness enveloping the kingdom. — David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nothingness

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Noun

Benning's cause of death was a fatal combination of a large amount of cocaine dissolved in alcohol, medical examiners testified during Taylor's trial.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
According to a Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner death investigation report obtained by USA TODAY on July 1, Ransone's brother told an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department that the actor had a history of suicidal ideation.

— KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 2 July 2026

Definition of death

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The Tracy Police Department is seeking potential witnesses of a June 26 stabbing that occurred in front of Target at the West Valley Mall and left an 18-year-old dead.

— Lyanne Wang, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Perhaps most notably, in several areas along the Western Front during World War I, British and German troops spontaneously observed an unofficial truce to celebrate the Christmas holiday and bury their dead.

— Steve S. Medeiros, The Conversation, 15 June 2026

Definition of dead

Noun

The collection of poems, translated from French by Sarah Riggs, aptly sees Adnan contending with her own mortality.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
Although there were no official national mortality records in 1776, historians agree that the following illnesses were responsible for the largest number of deaths.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026

Definition of mortality

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