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Insincere vs Hollow - What's the difference?

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Insincere is a synonym of hollow.


As adjectives the difference between insincere and hollow

is that insincere is not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial while hollow is (of something solid) having an empty space or cavity inside.

As an adverb hollow is

(colloquial) completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.

As a noun hollow is

a small valley between mountains; a low spot surrounded by elevations.

As a verb hollow is

to make a hole in something; to excavate (transitive) or hollow can be to urge or call by shouting; to hollo.

As an interjection hollow is

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insincere

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not genuinely meaning what has been expressed; not sincere; artificial.
  • Janice's added glares showed that her apology was insincere.
  • Not serious.
  • Antonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * insincerely * insincerity ----

    hollow

    English

    Alternative forms

    * holler

    Etymology 1

    (etyl) holw, holh, from (etyl) . More at cave.

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of something solid) Having an empty space or cavity inside.
  • a hollow''' tree; a '''hollow sphere
  • (of a sound) Distant]], eerie; echoing, [[reverberate, reverberating, as if in a hollow space; dull, muffled; often low-pitched.
  • a hollow moan
    (Dryden)
  • (figuratively) Without substance; having no real or significant worth; meaningless.
  • a hollow victory
  • (figuratively) Insincere, devoid of validity; specious.
  • a hollow promise
  • Depressed; concave; gaunt; sunken.
  • * Shakespeare
  • With hollow eye and wrinkled brow.
    Derived terms
    * hollow leg

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (colloquial) Completely, as part of the phrase beat hollow or beat all hollow.
  • Etymology 2

    (etyl) holow, earlier holgh, from (etyl) . See above.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small valley between mountains; a low spot surrounded by elevations.
  • * Prior
  • Forests grew upon the barren hollows .
  • * Tennyson
  • I hate the dreadful hollow behind the little wood.
    He built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Rockies.
  • A sunken area or unfilled space in something solid; a cavity, natural or artificial.
  • the hollow of the hand or of a tree
  • (US) A sunken area.
  • (figuratively) A feeling of emptiness.
  • a hollow in the pit of one's stomach

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to make a hole in something; to excavate (transitive)
  • Etymology 3

    Compare holler.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To urge or call by shouting; to hollo.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
  • He has hollowed the hounds.

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • (Webster 1913)