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The meaning of DESOLATION is the action of desolating. How to use desolation in a sentence.
DESOLATION definition: 1. the state of a place that is empty or where everything has been destroyed: 2. the state of…. Learn more.
Desolation definition: an act or instance of destroying or devastating land, population, community, etc. See examples of DESOLATION used in a sentence.
DESOLATION meaning: 1. the state of a place that is empty or where everything has been destroyed: 2. the state of…. Learn more.
Desolation is depressing and bleak. People arriving at the scenes of natural disasters, like tornadoes, often speak about the desolation around them. They usually are talking about the destruction, but they also implying a sense of emptiness and hopelessness.
Synonyms for DESOLATION: sadness, melancholy, depression, sorrowfulness, mournfulness, sorrow, anguish, grief; Antonyms of DESOLATION: joy, exultation, elation, rapture, happiness, ecstasy, jubilation, intoxication.
the state of a place that is badly damaged or destroyed and offers no joy or hope to people. Definition of desolation noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
2 days ago · desolation. (desəleɪʃən ) 1. uncountable noun. Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness. The sense of loss and desolation we feel at her death is beyond description. 2. uncountable noun.
noun. The action of desolating; the condition of being left desolate. 1. a1382–. The action of laying waste a land, etc., destroying its people, crops, and buildings, and making it unfit for habitation; utter devastation; an act or occasion of this kind. Also personified. a1382. Alle the days of desolacioun he dide saboth.
If you refer to desolation in a place, you mean that it is empty and frightening, for example, because it has been destroyed by a violent force or army.
