desolation

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being desolated or laid waste
3. (countable, uncountable) A place or country wasted and forsaken.

Synonyms

ruin

devastation

destruction

loneliness

solitude

havoc

forlornness

bareness

ravage

seclusion

waste

emptiness

desert

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ravaging

annihilation

solitariness

bleakness

isolation

depopulation

lonesomeness

nakedness

despair

ghost town

hopelessness

inanition

kill

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neglect

obliteration

privacy

rack

rape

ruination

ruined

sack

shipwreck

vacuity

void

woe

wrack

wreck

grief

ruined condition

ruln

uncheerfulness

abandoned

undermaintenance

abandoning

abandonment

aloneness

badlands

Translations

desolación

desolazione

devastazione

desolação

desolació

désolation

haraplık

devastació

dévastation

devastação

harabe

solitude

Verwüstung

keder

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English desolacioun, from Middle French, Old French desolacion f, from Latin dēsōlātiō f.