ring hollow
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To seem to be false or implausible; to be unconvincing.
Example Sentences
- "In his own ears the words he spoke rang hollow, awkward, even impertinent. He could say nothing which did not seem hideously supercilious."
- "Recognising your mistake and atoning for it is, of course, to be applauded, but after all the decades of cover-up of sexual abuse by clergy, it rang hollow for many."