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Desolation

Desolation Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Desolation? [n] an event that results in total destruction [n] sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned [n] a bleak and desolate atmosphere [n] the state of being decayed or destroyed Synonyms \| Synonyms for Desolation: bleakness \| devastation \| devastation \| forlornness \| loneliness Related Terms \| Find terms related to Desolation: abandonment \| aching heart \| agonizingness \| agony \| agony of mind \| anguish \| Arabia Deserta \| bale \| barren \| barren land \| barrenness \| barrens \| bitterness \| bleeding heart \| bloodbath \| blue ruin \| breakup \| broken heart \| brush \| bush \| carnage \| chaos \| comfortlessness \| consumption \| crushing \| damnation \| Death Valley \| decimation \| defenselessness \| depopulation \| depredation \| depression \| depth of misery \| desert \| desertion \| desolateness \| despair \| despoilment \| despoliation \| destruction \| devastation \| disconsolateness \| disconsolation \| disintegration \| disorganization \| dispeoplement \| disruption \| dissolution \| distress \| dolor \| dreariness \| dust bowl \| excruciatingness \| excruciation \| extirpation \| extremity \| fatherlessness \| forlornness \| gloom \| grief \| havoc \| heartache \| heartbreak \| heartsickness \| heath \| heavy heart \| hecatomb \| helplessness \| holocaust \| homelessness \| howling wilderness \| inconsolability \| infelicity \| karroo \| kithlessness \| lunar landscape \| lunar waste \| melancholia \| melancholy \| misery \| motherlessness \| obliteration \| prostration \| ravage \| ravagement \| ruin \| ruination \| sack \| sadness \| Sahara \| salt flat \| shambles \| slaughter \| sorrow \| spoliation \| suicidal despair \| torment \| tormentingness \| torture \| torturousness \| undoing \| unhappiness \| vandalism \| waste \| wasteland \| weary waste \| wild \| wilderness \| wilds \| woe \| wrack \| wrack and ruin \| wreck \| wretchedness See Also \| blight \| deterioration \| gloom \| gloominess \| glumness \| impairment \| ruin \| ruin \| ruination \| ruination \| sadness \| unhappiness Desolation In Webster's Dictionary \Des`o*la"tion\, n. [F. d['e]solation, 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.

Desolation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Desolation?

[n] an event that results in total destruction
[n] sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
[n] a bleak and desolate atmosphere
[n] the state of being decayed or destroyed

Desolation In Webster's Dictionary

\Des`o*la"tion\, n. [F. d['e]solation, 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.

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