desolation
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des·o·la·tion
(dĕs′ə-lā′shən, dĕz′-)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. (Physical Geography) a desolate region; barren waste
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des•o•la•tion
(ˌdɛs əˈleɪ ʃən)n.
1. an act of desolating.
2. the state of being desolated.
3. devastation; ruin.
4. loneliness.
5. sorrow; grief; woe.
6. a desolate place.
[1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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. | ![]() gloominess, glumness, gloom - an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office" | |
3. | desolation - sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned sadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being | |
4. | desolation - an event that results in total 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.
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desolation
nounA desolate sense of loss:
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Translations
إقْفار، غَم شَديد
bezútěšnostskleslost
fortvivlelsetrøstesløshed
kietlenségvigasztalanság
einmanalegur staîur; einmanaleiki
bezútešnosť
yapayalnızlık
desolation
[ˌdesəˈleɪʃən] N1. (= deserted state) [of landscape] → desolación f
2. (= grief) [of person] → desolación f, desconsuelo m
3. (= act) → asolamiento m, arrasamiento m
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desolation
n
(of country by war) → Verwüstung f
(of landscape) → Trostlosigkeit f
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desolation
[ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃ/ən] n (bleakness, grief) → desolazione f (liter) (devastation) → devastazione fCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
desolate
(ˈdesələt) adjective1. (of landscapes, areas etc) very lonely or barren. desolate moorland.
2. very sad, lonely and unhappy.
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