Idiom
empty words
Meaning
Any type of talk with little meaning; a message that seems to contain meaningful content but is actually vapid.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His promises are just empty words.”
“The politician gave a long speech, but the voters felt it was full of empty words.”
“Despite the grand rhetoric used during the negotiations, the final agreement proved to be nothing more than empty words designed to pacify the public.”
Examples
simple
“His promises are just empty words.”
contextual
“The politician gave a long speech, but the voters felt it was full of empty words.”
complex
“Despite the grand rhetoric used during the negotiations, the final agreement proved to be nothing more than empty words designed to pacify the public.”
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