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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 meaning: 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 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.
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.
