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 [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

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 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 [ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃ^ən] n

(= feeling) → désolation f

(= devastation) → désolation f

desolation

n

(of country by war) → Verwüstung f

(of landscape) → Trostlosigkeit f

(= grief) → Trostlosigkeit f; (= friendlessness) → Verlassenheit f

desolation [ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃ/ən] n (bleakness, grief) → desolazione f (liter) (devastation) → devastazione f

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desolation [ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃ/ən] n (bleakness, grief) → desolazione f (liter) (devastation) → devastazione f