Desolation

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or an instance of desolating.
  • n. The state of being desolate.
  • n. Devastation; ruin: a drought that brought desolation to the region.
  • n. The state of being abandoned or forsaken; loneliness: a sense of utter desolation following the death of his parents.
  • n. Wretchedness; misery.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
  • n. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
  • n. A place or country wasted and forsaken.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
  • n. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
  • n. A place or country wasted and forsaken.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of desolating; destruction or expulsion of inhabitants; devastation; a laying waste.
  • n. A desolate place; a waste, devastated, or lifeless place or region.
  • n. A desolate or desolated condition or state; destruction; ruin.
  • n. Personal affliction; the state of being desolate or forsaken; sadness.
  • n. Synonyms Ravage.
  • n. 3 and Misery, wretchedness, gloom.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
  • n. an event that results in total destruction
  • n. a bleak and desolate atmosphere
  • n. the state of being decayed or destroyed
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sadness    unhappiness    ruination    ruin    glumness    gloom    gloominess   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    melancholy    devastation    waste    sadness    ruin    destitution    destruction    gloom    gloominess    ravage   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    loneliness    emptiness    solitude    misery    devastation    wretchedness    gloom    ruin    humiliation    hopelessness