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desolation [ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən] n
1. the act of desolating or the state of being desolated; ruin or devastation 2. (Psychology) solitary misery; wretchedness 3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a desolate region; barren waste ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
desolation noun 1. misery, distress, despair, gloom, sadness, woe, anguish, melancholy, unhappiness, dejection, wretchedness, gloominess He expresses his sense of desolation without self-pity. 2. bleakness, isolation, loneliness, solitude, wildness, barrenness, solitariness, forlornness, desolateness We looked out upon a scene of utter desolation. 3. ruin, destruction, havoc, devastation, ruination The army left a trail of desolation and death in its wake. Translations desolation [ˌdesəˈleɪʃən] N 1. (= deserted state) [of landscape] → desolación f 2. (= grief) [of person] → desolación f, desconsuelo m 3. (= act) → asolamiento m, arrasamiento m desolation n (of country by war) → Verwüstung f (of landscape) → Trostlosigkeit f desolation [ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃ/ən] n (bleakness, grief) → desolazione f (liter) (devastation) → devastazione f desolation [ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃ/ən] n (bleakness, grief) → desolazione f (liter) (devastation) → devastazione f How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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ye whose dead lie buried beneath the green grass; who standing among flowers can say --here, here lies my beloved; ye know not the desolation that broods in bosoms like these. For fear the desolation And darkness of thy mind, Perplex an habitation Which thou hast left behind. They had been accustomed to each other's appearance, and to the gradual operation of hunger and hardship upon their frames, but the change in the looks of these men, since last they parted, was a type of the famine and desolation of the land; and they now began to indulge the horrible presentiment that they would all starve together, or be reduced to the direful alternative of casting lots! |
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