desolation

des·o·la·tion  (ds-lshn, dz-)

n.

1. The act or an instance of desolating.

2. The state of being desolate.

3. Devastation; ruin: a drought that brought desolation to the region.

4.

a. The state of being abandoned or forsaken; loneliness: a sense of utter desolation following the death of his parents.

b. Wretchedness; misery.

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desolation

Noun

1. ruin or devastation

2. solitary misery; wretchedness

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	desolation - the state of being decayed or destroyed devastation deterioration, impairment - a symptom of reduced quality or strength ruin, ruination - an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family" blight - a state or condition being blighted
	2.	desolation - a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape" bareness, bleakness, nakedness gloominess, glumness, gloom - an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office"
	3.	desolation - sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned forlornness, loneliness sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
	4.	desolation - an event that results in total destruction devastation ruination, ruin - an event that results in destruction

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desolation

noun 1. misery, distress, despair, gloom, sadness, woe, anguish, melancholy, unhappiness, dejection, wretchedness, gloominess

noun 2. bleakness, isolation, loneliness, solitude, wildness, barrenness, solitariness, forlornness, desolateness

noun 3. ruin, destruction, havoc, devastation, ruination

Translations

desolation [dɛsəˈleɪʃən] n [of place] → desolación f [of person] → aflicción f

desolation [dɛsəˈleɪʃən] n → désolation f

desolation [dɛsəˈleɪʃən] desolate n → Trostlosigkeit f

desolation [dɛsəˈleɪʃən] n → desolazione f