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desolation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | forlornness, loneliness |
| Type of | sadness, unhappiness |
| Derivation | desolate |
desolation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | devastation |
| Type of | ruin, ruination |
| Derivation | desolate |
desolation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | devastation |
| Type of | impairment, deterioration |
| Has types | ruin, blight, ruination |
| Derivation | desolate |
Examples of desolation
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The next day, Good Friday, he found the church stripped as a sign of desolation.
From the economist.com
It was Caesar and his invading army responsible for the desolation of Jerusalem.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Wide shots underscore how vast the desolation and how insignificant the pioneers.
From the dispatch.com
To this day the valley, though beautiful in its way, seems touched by desolation.
From the theatlantic.com
Hatton joins a long line of boxing men who discovered desolation in retirement.
From the guardian.co.uk
Instead of coral reefs and tropical beaches, Iraq offered bone-dry desolation.
From the latimes.com
Bold in this desolation, they sailed low, sudden shadows striking the bare ground.
From the npr.org
They gave me the warmth and filled the emptiness that echoed in my desolation.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
It's the very desolation of winter that makes spring such a delicious reward.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- Devastation: the state of being decayed or destroyed
- Bleakness: a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape"
- Forlornness: sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
- Devastation: an event that results in total destruction
- (desolate) abandon: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
- (desolate) bare: providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
- (desolate) crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
- (desolate) depopulate: reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
- (desolate) lay waste to: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
