Definitions of desolation [ˌdɛs əˈleɪ ʃən]

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Definition of 'desolation'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) desolation
an act of desolating.

2.  desolation
the state of being desolated.

3.  desolation
devastation; ruin.

4.  desolation
loneliness.

5.  desolation
sorrow; grief; woe.

6.  desolation
a desolate place.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < LL)

Definition of 'desolation'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) devastation, desolation
the state of being decayed or destroyed

2. (noun) bleakness, desolation, bareness, nakedness
a bleak and desolate atmosphere
"the nakedness of the landscape"

3. (noun) forlornness, loneliness, desolation
sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

4. (noun) devastation, desolation
an event that results in total destruction

Definition of 'desolation'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) desolation
the act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation

2. (noun) desolation
the state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess

3. (noun) desolation
a place or country wasted and forsaken

Translation of 'desolation'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: very sad, lonely and unhappy.
Afrikaans: verwoesting, verlatenheid	Arabic: إقْفار، غَم شَديد	Bulgarian: опустошение, самота
Brazilian: desolação	Czech: bezútěšnost, skleslost	German: die Verlassenheit
Danish: fortvivlelse; trøstesløsh	Greek: ερήμωση, δυστυχία	Spanish: desolación, desconsuelo
Estonian: kõledus, lohutamatus	Farsi: اندوه؛ درماندگی	Finnish: lohduttomuus
French: désolation	Hebrew: שְׁמָמָה	Hindi: उजाड़
Croatian: pustoš, samoća	Hungarian: kietlenség; vigasztalansá	Indonesian: kesedihan
Icelandic: einmanalegur staður; einm	Italian: desolazione	Japanese: 荒廃
Korean: 황폐 시킴, 폐허, 비참	Lithuanian: nuniokojimas, vienišumas,	Latvian: pamestība; vientulība
Malay: kesepian	Dutch: verlatenheid	Norwegian: trøstesløshet, ensomhet
Polish: pustka, strapienie	Persian: اندوه؛ درماندگی	Pashto: ويجاړتيا، خرا بتيا: خفګان
Portuguese: desolação	Romanian: părăsire	Russian: запустение
Slovak: bezútešnosť	Slovenian: žalost	Serbian: opustošenost
Swedish: ödslighet, tröstlöshet, e	Thai: ความโดดเดี่ยว	Turkish: yapayalnızlık
Taiwanese: 荒蕪	Ukrainian: спустошення; занедбаність	Urdu: تباہ کاری
Vietnamese: sự hoang vắng	Chinese: 荒芜
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