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Desolation - English meaning

ˌdes.əlˈeɪ.ʃən

Desolation – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A state of complete emptiness or destruction.

Usage examples:

The stony desolation of the desert

Synonims:

BarrennessBleaknessStarknessBarenessDismalnessGrimnessAriditySterilityWildnessIsolationSolitudeSolitarinessLonelinessRemoteness
noun

Great unhappiness or loneliness.

Usage examples:

In choked desolation, she watched him leave

Synonims:

MiserySadnessUnhappinessMelancholyGloomGloominessGlumnessDespondencySorrowDepressionGriefMournfulnessWoeBroken-heartednessHeavy-heartednessWretchednessDejectionDownheartednes
noun

The state of a place that is empty or where everything has been destroyed

Usage examples:

A scene of desolation
noun

The state of feeling sad and alone

Usage examples:

A feeling of utter desolation

Desolation translation into English

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荒凉

Desolation: translate from English into Dutch

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Verwoesting, Troosteloosheid

Desolation: translate from English into French

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Désolation, Solitude, Dévastation

Desolation: translate from English into German

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Verwüstung, Trostlosigkeit, Verödung

Desolation: translate from English into Hindi

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वीरानी, तनहाई, मायूसी, तबाही, अकेलापन, बरबादी, निराशा, निर्जनता, उजाड़ना, तबाह करना, बरबाद करना, मुसीबत, शोक

Desolation: translate from English into Italian

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Desolazione, Disperazione

Desolation: translate from English into Korean

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쓸쓸함, 황폐케함

Desolation: translate from English into Russian

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Запустение, Опустошение, Разорение, Отчаяние, Одиночество, Разрушение, Заброшенность, Горе

Desolation: translate from English into Spanish

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Soledad, Arrasamiento, Vida soledosa

Word origin

late Middle English: from late Latin desolatio(n- ), from Latin desolare ‘to abandon’ (see desolate).

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