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Detailed Synonyms for desolation in English

desolation:

desolation [the ~] noun

  1. the desolation
    the desolation; the loneliness
  2. the desolation
    the desolation
  3. the desolation
    – an event that results in total destruction 1
    the devastation; the desolation
    – an event that results in total destruction 1
  4. the desolation
    – sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned 1
    the loneliness; the desolation; the forlornness
    – sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned 1
  5. the desolation
    – a bleak and desolate atmosphere 1
    the desolation; the bleakness; the nakedness; the bareness
    – a bleak and desolate atmosphere 1
  6. the desolation
    – the state of being decayed or destroyed 1
    the devastation; the desolation
    – the state of being decayed or destroyed 1

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Related Definitions for "desolation":

  1. an event that results in total destruction1
  2. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned1
  3. a bleak and desolate atmosphere1
  4. the state of being decayed or destroyed1

desolate:

desolate adj

  1. desolate
  2. desolate
  3. desolate
    – crushed by grief 1
    desolate
    – crushed by grief 1
    • desolate adj
      • depressed and desolate of soul1
      • a low desolate wail1
  4. desolate
    – providing no shelter or sustenance 1
    bare; bleak; barren; desolate; stark
    – providing no shelter or sustenance 1
    • bare adj
      • bare rocky hills1
    • bleak adj
      • the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes1
    • barren adj
      • barren lands1
    • desolate adj
      • the desolate surface of the moon1
    • stark adj
      • a stark landscape1

desolate verb

  1. desolate
    – cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly 1
    to waste; to devastate; desolate; to scourge; to ravage; lay waste to
    – cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly 1
    • waste verb (wastes, wasted, wasting)
    • devastate verb (devastates, devastated, devastating)
    • desolate verb
    • scourge verb (scourges, scourged, scourging)
    • ravage verb (ravages, ravaged, ravaging)
    • lay waste to verb
      • The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion1
  2. desolate
    – reduce in population 1
    desolate; to depopulate
    – reduce in population 1
    • desolate verb
    • depopulate verb (depopulates, depopulated, depopulating)
      • The epidemic depopulated the countryside1
  3. desolate
    – leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch 1
    to abandon; to desert; desolate; forsake
    – leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch 1
    • abandon verb (abandons, abandoned, abandoning)
    • desert verb (deserts, deserted, deserting)
      • The mother deserted her children1
    • desolate verb
    • forsake verb

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Related Definitions for "desolate":

  1. crushed by grief1
    • depressed and desolate of soul1
    • a low desolate wail1
  2. providing no shelter or sustenance1
    • the desolate surface of the moon1
  3. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly1
  4. reduce in population1
  5. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch1