Associations to the word «Desolation»
Noun
- Loneliness
- Solitude
- Emptiness
- Ruin
- Devastation
- Misery
- Despair
- Wilderness
- Havoc
- Calamity
- Dorado
- Waste
- Woe
- Gloom
- Consolation
- Midst
- Grandeur
- Sorrow
- Weeds
- Carnage
- Habitation
- Splendour
- Decay
- Anguish
- Famine
- Torrent
- Desertion
- Crumbling
- Shetland
- Scourge
- Judah
- Tyranny
- Jeremiah
- Stillness
- Dylan
- Mockery
- Grief
- Desert
- Affliction
- Wail
- Burning
- Bloodshed
- Sadness
- Destruction
- Howl
- Pall
- Expanse
- Tempest
- Babylon
- Blackness
- Steep
- Lava
- Abode
- Scene
- Dharma
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
DESOLATION, noun. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
DESOLATION, noun. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
DESOLATION, noun. A place or country wasted and forsaken.
Dictionary definition
DESOLATION, noun. The state of being decayed or destroyed.
DESOLATION, noun. A bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape".
DESOLATION, noun. Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned.
DESOLATION, noun. An event that results in total destruction.
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