desolation 音标拼音: [d
, ɛsəl'eʃən]
n . 荒芜,荒废,荒凉
荒芜,荒废,荒凉
desolation n 1 :
the state of being decayed or destroyed [
synonym :
{
devastation }, {
desolation }]
2 :
a bleak and desolate atmosphere ; "
the nakedness of the landscape " [
synonym : {
bleakness }, {
desolation }, {
bareness },
{
nakedness }]
3 :
sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned [
synonym :
{
forlornness }, {
loneliness }, {
desolation }]
4 :
an event that results in total destruction [
synonym :
{
devastation }, {
desolation }]
Desolation \
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n . [
F .
d ['
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solation ,
L .
desolatio .]
1 .
The act of desolating or laying waste ;
destruction of inhabitants ;
depopulation .
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1913 Webster ]
Unto the end of the war desolations are determined .
--
Dan .
ix .
26 .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
The state of being desolated or laid waste ;
ruin ;
solitariness ;
destitution ;
gloominess .
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1913 Webster ]
You would have sold your king to slaughter , . . .
And his whole kingdom into desolation . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
A place or country wasted and forsaken .
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1913 Webster ]
How is Babylon become a desolation ! --
Jer .
l .
23 .
Syn :
Waste ;
ruin ;
destruction ;
havoc ;
devastation ;
ravage ;
sadness ;
destitution ;
melancholy ;
gloom ;
gloominess .
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1913 Webster ]
114 Moby Thesaurus words for "
desolation ":
Arabia Deserta ,
Death Valley ,
Sahara ,
abandonment ,
aching heart ,
agonizingness ,
agony ,
agony of mind ,
anguish ,
bale ,
barren ,
barren land ,
barrenness ,
barrens ,
bitterness ,
bleeding heart ,
bloodbath ,
blue ruin ,
breakup ,
broken heart ,
brush ,
bush ,
carnage ,
chaos ,
comfortlessness ,
consumption ,
crushing ,
damnation ,
decimation ,
defenselessness ,
depopulation ,
depredation ,
depression ,
depth of misery ,
desert ,
desertion ,
desolateness ,
despair ,
despoilment ,
despoliation ,
destruction ,
devastation ,
disconsolateness ,
disconsolation ,
disintegration ,
disorganization ,
dispeoplement ,
disruption ,
dissolution ,
distress ,
dolor ,
dreariness ,
dust bowl ,
excruciatingness ,
excruciation ,
extirpation ,
extremity ,
fatherlessness ,
forlornness ,
gloom ,
grief ,
havoc ,
heartache ,
heartbreak ,
heartsickness ,
heath ,
heavy heart ,
hecatomb ,
helplessness ,
holocaust ,
homelessness ,
howling wilderness ,
inconsolability ,
infelicity ,
karroo ,
kithlessness ,
lunar landscape ,
lunar waste ,
melancholia ,
melancholy ,
misery ,
motherlessness ,
obliteration ,
prostration ,
ravage ,
ravagement ,
ruin ,
ruination ,
sack ,
sadness ,
salt flat ,
shambles ,
slaughter ,
sorrow ,
spoliation ,
suicidal despair ,
torment ,
tormentingness ,
torture ,
torturousness ,
undoing ,
unhappiness ,
vandalism ,
waste ,
wasteland ,
weary waste ,
wild ,
wilderness ,
wilds ,
woe ,
wrack ,
wrack and ruin ,
wreck ,
wretchedness
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DESOLATION Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of DESOLATION is the action of desolating How to use desolation in a sentence
DESOLATION | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary A quiet sadness and desolation fills each scene, as if the end of the world has come upon us
DESOLATION Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Desolation is emptiness and hopelessness It can describe a poor, dirty, treeless town or a broken heart Desolation is depressing and bleak People arriving at the scenes of natural disasters, like tornadoes, often speak about the desolation around them
DESOLATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary DESOLATION definition: 1 the state of a place that is empty or where everything has been destroyed: 2 the state of… Learn more
DESOLATION Synonyms: 188 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for DESOLATION: sadness, melancholy, depression, sorrowfulness, mournfulness, sorrow, anguish, grief; Antonyms of DESOLATION: joy, exultation, elation, rapture, happiness, ecstasy, jubilation, intoxication
Desolation - definition of desolation by The Free Dictionary 1 The act or an instance of desolating 2 The state of being desolate 3 Devastation; ruin: a drought that brought desolation to the region
Desolation - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com Desolation is emptiness and hopelessness It can describe a poor, dirty, treeless town or a broken heart Desolation is depressing and bleak People arriving at the scenes of natural disasters, like tornadoes, often speak about the desolation around them
DESOLATION definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Desolation is a feeling of great unhappiness and hopelessness The sense of loss and desolation we feel at her death is beyond description
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desolation noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . 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