DESOLATION

devastation, desolation

(noun) an event that results in total destruction

forlornness, loneliness, desolation

(noun) sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness

(noun) a bleak and desolate atmosphere; “the nakedness of the landscape”

devastation, desolation

(noun) the state of being decayed or destroyed

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

desolation (countable and uncountable, plural desolations)

The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

The state of being desolated or laid waste

Synonyms: ruin, solitariness, destitution, gloom, gloominess

A place or country wasted and forsaken.

Source: Wiktionary

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Des`o*la"tion, n. Etym: [F. désolation, L. desolatio.]

1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. Unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Dan. ix. 26.

2. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess. You would have sold your king to slaughter, . . . And his whole kingdom into desolation. Shak.

3. A place or country wasted and forsaken. How is Babylon become a desolation! Jer. l. 23.

Syn.

– Waste; ruin; destruction; havoc; devastation; ravage; sadness; destitution; melancholy; gloom; gloominess.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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