Definition of desolation in English:

desolation

noun dɛsəˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌdɛsəˈleɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1A state of complete emptiness or destruction.
the stony desolation of the desert
Example sentencesExamples
- Or perhaps they're the impoverished hill farmers that live hard, breadline lives in isolated, public service-free zones of desolation.
- They are grief stricken by the desolation of the land around them.
- The trek from Pyongyang, across some 10,000 kilometers of Siberian desolation, took 10 days.
- The barren trees were in tune with the sense of desolation all around.
- And in the utter desolation of the desert, Akhenaten declares his unfettered love.
- What once had been a city was a desert now, a vast field of emptiness and desolation.
- He could hardly believe his eyes at the trail of destruction and burning and the general desolation of the scene.
- The strips of green herbage and forest-land, which have here and there escaped the burning lavas, serve, by contrast, to heighten the desolation of the scene.
- A few hours later, as smoke continued to pour from the smoldering ruins, survivors surveyed a scene of stunning desolation.
- A visitor in 1906 wrote of the desolation of the scene and the damage done to this beautiful area by the miners, but now the regrowth of kamahi has covered most of the relics of the mining.
- It is a scene of utter desolation caused by the great famine of 1770.
- The desolation of the place made me cringe a little.
- I passed through a scene impressive in its aspect of desolation, and almost a tribute to the destructive power of the chestnut blight.
- All around them desolation and destruction saturated the crumbled and falling buildings on each side of the street.
- To retrieve and hold on to it at all other times - that would be something of worth to salvage from these scenes of desolation.
- It brought images of desolation and destruction that most people had never seen directly into their living rooms for the first time.
- Thus the place of creation becomes the place of desolation and eventual destruction.
Synonyms
barrenness, bleakness, starkness, bareness, dismalness, grimness
aridity, sterility
wildness
isolation, solitude, solitariness, loneliness, remoteness
2Great unhappiness or loneliness.
in choked desolation, she watched him leave
Example sentencesExamples
- Even at student age I wasn't old enough to appreciate the melancholic desolation which seeps through the cracks of the comedy.
- Only her eyes betrayed her sorrow and desolation.
- One woman epitomizes grief as utter desolation: the wide stretch of her open, sobbing mouth tells us she will never again know comfort.
- The fact that there is fear, grief and desolation in the world is something he understands, but even this only in so far as these are vague, general feelings, just grazing the surface.
- The poet voices myriad experiences - dreams and desires, pains and penance, despair and desolation - which are rooted in our times.
- Despite the sunny sounds of some of the music, the lyrics are mostly dark, addressing suicide, terrorism, depression, and desolation.
- The assistance received made the difference between survival and desperation, and the accompanying sentiments provided emotional support at a time of desolation.
- It was a depiction of legends passed down, legends of despair and desolation.
- Those songs are so full of life and spirit here, it's impossible not to be swept up in their grandeur and occasional sadness and desolation.
- The incidents that had occurred during the past few days only served to increase her sense of desolation and loneliness.
- In fact, there's much a sense of desolation and loneliness permeating the film.
- It will find those who call to it, bringing desolation and misery.
- A solitary singer tramps through a winter landscape, seeing in the frozen streams and bare trees a reflection of his own loneliness and desolation.
- Each month was a roller coaster of emotions: hope and then, when my menses inevitably began, pain, despair and desolation.
- In a condition of utter desolation and heartbreak Butterfly bids farewell to her son and takes her life in a dramatically charged climax.
- Crystal was suddenly filled with misery and desolation.
- It filled me with an intense sadness, a peculiar desolation that was only partially pacified when the last note died away and Rob embraced me, kissing my forehead.
- It is all about desolation, loss of hope and an overwhelming grief where there seems to be no hope, ever again, at the end of the tunnel.
- There was the same sadness in his eyes, however, and the same desolation.
- Little is known of his life, but it was clearly troubled, and a sense of melancholy and desolation is characteristic of all his work.
Synonyms
misery, sadness, unhappiness, melancholy, gloom, gloominess, glumness, despondency, sorrow, depression, grief, mournfulness, woe
broken-heartedness, heavy-heartedness, wretchedness, dejection, downheartedness, discouragement, devastation, despair, anguish, distress, low spirits

Origin

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

Definition of desolation in US English:

desolation

nounˌdesəˈlāSH(ə)nˌdɛsəˈleɪʃ(ə)n

1A state of complete emptiness or destruction.
the stony desolation of the desert
Example sentencesExamples
- Or perhaps they're the impoverished hill farmers that live hard, breadline lives in isolated, public service-free zones of desolation.
- What once had been a city was a desert now, a vast field of emptiness and desolation.
- I passed through a scene impressive in its aspect of desolation, and almost a tribute to the destructive power of the chestnut blight.
- They are grief stricken by the desolation of the land around them.
- He could hardly believe his eyes at the trail of destruction and burning and the general desolation of the scene.
- All around them desolation and destruction saturated the crumbled and falling buildings on each side of the street.
- To retrieve and hold on to it at all other times - that would be something of worth to salvage from these scenes of desolation.
- The strips of green herbage and forest-land, which have here and there escaped the burning lavas, serve, by contrast, to heighten the desolation of the scene.
- It is a scene of utter desolation caused by the great famine of 1770.
- It brought images of desolation and destruction that most people had never seen directly into their living rooms for the first time.
- A few hours later, as smoke continued to pour from the smoldering ruins, survivors surveyed a scene of stunning desolation.
- A visitor in 1906 wrote of the desolation of the scene and the damage done to this beautiful area by the miners, but now the regrowth of kamahi has covered most of the relics of the mining.
- The desolation of the place made me cringe a little.
- Thus the place of creation becomes the place of desolation and eventual destruction.
- The barren trees were in tune with the sense of desolation all around.
- And in the utter desolation of the desert, Akhenaten declares his unfettered love.
- The trek from Pyongyang, across some 10,000 kilometers of Siberian desolation, took 10 days.
Synonyms
barrenness, bleakness, starkness, bareness, dismalness, grimness
1. 1.1 Anguished misery or loneliness.
  in choked desolation, she watched him leave
  Example sentencesExamples
  In a condition of utter desolation and heartbreak Butterfly bids farewell to her son and takes her life in a dramatically charged climax.
  A solitary singer tramps through a winter landscape, seeing in the frozen streams and bare trees a reflection of his own loneliness and desolation.
  The poet voices myriad experiences - dreams and desires, pains and penance, despair and desolation - which are rooted in our times.
  One woman epitomizes grief as utter desolation: the wide stretch of her open, sobbing mouth tells us she will never again know comfort.
  Despite the sunny sounds of some of the music, the lyrics are mostly dark, addressing suicide, terrorism, depression, and desolation.
  It was a depiction of legends passed down, legends of despair and desolation.
  Each month was a roller coaster of emotions: hope and then, when my menses inevitably began, pain, despair and desolation.
  Only her eyes betrayed her sorrow and desolation.
  Crystal was suddenly filled with misery and desolation.
  In fact, there's much a sense of desolation and loneliness permeating the film.
  It will find those who call to it, bringing desolation and misery.
  The assistance received made the difference between survival and desperation, and the accompanying sentiments provided emotional support at a time of desolation.
  Even at student age I wasn't old enough to appreciate the melancholic desolation which seeps through the cracks of the comedy.
  It is all about desolation, loss of hope and an overwhelming grief where there seems to be no hope, ever again, at the end of the tunnel.
  The fact that there is fear, grief and desolation in the world is something he understands, but even this only in so far as these are vague, general feelings, just grazing the surface.
  It filled me with an intense sadness, a peculiar desolation that was only partially pacified when the last note died away and Rob embraced me, kissing my forehead.
  Little is known of his life, but it was clearly troubled, and a sense of melancholy and desolation is characteristic of all his work.
  There was the same sadness in his eyes, however, and the same desolation.
  The incidents that had occurred during the past few days only served to increase her sense of desolation and loneliness.
  Those songs are so full of life and spirit here, it's impossible not to be swept up in their grandeur and occasional sadness and desolation.
  Synonyms
  misery, sadness, unhappiness, melancholy, gloom, gloominess, glumness, despondency, sorrow, depression, grief, mournfulness, woe

Origin

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

单词	desolation
释义	Definition of desolation in English: desolation noun dɛsəˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌdɛsəˈleɪʃ(ə)n mass noun 1A state of complete emptiness or destruction. the stony desolation of the desert Example sentencesExamples Or perhaps they're the impoverished hill farmers that live hard, breadline lives in isolated, public service-free zones of desolation. They are grief stricken by the desolation of the land around them. The trek from Pyongyang, across some 10,000 kilometers of Siberian desolation, took 10 days. The barren trees were in tune with the sense of desolation all around. And in the utter desolation of the desert, Akhenaten declares his unfettered love. What once had been a city was a desert now, a vast field of emptiness and desolation. He could hardly believe his eyes at the trail of destruction and burning and the general desolation of the scene. The strips of green herbage and forest-land, which have here and there escaped the burning lavas, serve, by contrast, to heighten the desolation of the scene. A few hours later, as smoke continued to pour from the smoldering ruins, survivors surveyed a scene of stunning desolation. A visitor in 1906 wrote of the desolation of the scene and the damage done to this beautiful area by the miners, but now the regrowth of kamahi has covered most of the relics of the mining. It is a scene of utter desolation caused by the great famine of 1770. The desolation of the place made me cringe a little. I passed through a scene impressive in its aspect of desolation, and almost a tribute to the destructive power of the chestnut blight. All around them desolation and destruction saturated the crumbled and falling buildings on each side of the street. To retrieve and hold on to it at all other times - that would be something of worth to salvage from these scenes of desolation. It brought images of desolation and destruction that most people had never seen directly into their living rooms for the first time. Thus the place of creation becomes the place of desolation and eventual destruction. Synonyms barrenness, bleakness, starkness, bareness, dismalness, grimness aridity, sterility wildness isolation, solitude, solitariness, loneliness, remoteness 2Great unhappiness or loneliness. in choked desolation, she watched him leave Example sentencesExamples Even at student age I wasn't old enough to appreciate the melancholic desolation which seeps through the cracks of the comedy. Only her eyes betrayed her sorrow and desolation. One woman epitomizes grief as utter desolation: the wide stretch of her open, sobbing mouth tells us she will never again know comfort. The fact that there is fear, grief and desolation in the world is something he understands, but even this only in so far as these are vague, general feelings, just grazing the surface. The poet voices myriad experiences - dreams and desires, pains and penance, despair and desolation - which are rooted in our times. Despite the sunny sounds of some of the music, the lyrics are mostly dark, addressing suicide, terrorism, depression, and desolation. The assistance received made the difference between survival and desperation, and the accompanying sentiments provided emotional support at a time of desolation. It was a depiction of legends passed down, legends of despair and desolation. Those songs are so full of life and spirit here, it's impossible not to be swept up in their grandeur and occasional sadness and desolation. The incidents that had occurred during the past few days only served to increase her sense of desolation and loneliness. In fact, there's much a sense of desolation and loneliness permeating the film. It will find those who call to it, bringing desolation and misery. A solitary singer tramps through a winter landscape, seeing in the frozen streams and bare trees a reflection of his own loneliness and desolation. Each month was a roller coaster of emotions: hope and then, when my menses inevitably began, pain, despair and desolation. In a condition of utter desolation and heartbreak Butterfly bids farewell to her son and takes her life in a dramatically charged climax. Crystal was suddenly filled with misery and desolation. It filled me with an intense sadness, a peculiar desolation that was only partially pacified when the last note died away and Rob embraced me, kissing my forehead. It is all about desolation, loss of hope and an overwhelming grief where there seems to be no hope, ever again, at the end of the tunnel. There was the same sadness in his eyes, however, and the same desolation. Little is known of his life, but it was clearly troubled, and a sense of melancholy and desolation is characteristic of all his work. Synonyms misery, sadness, unhappiness, melancholy, gloom, gloominess, glumness, despondency, sorrow, depression, grief, mournfulness, woe broken-heartedness, heavy-heartedness, wretchedness, dejection, downheartedness, discouragement, devastation, despair, anguish, distress, low spirits Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin desolatio(n-), from Latin desolare 'to abandon' (see desolate). Definition of desolation in US English: desolation nounˌdesəˈlāSH(ə)nˌdɛsəˈleɪʃ(ə)n 1A state of complete emptiness or destruction. the stony desolation of the desert Example sentencesExamples Or perhaps they're the impoverished hill farmers that live hard, breadline lives in isolated, public service-free zones of desolation. What once had been a city was a desert now, a vast field of emptiness and desolation. I passed through a scene impressive in its aspect of desolation, and almost a tribute to the destructive power of the chestnut blight. They are grief stricken by the desolation of the land around them. He could hardly believe his eyes at the trail of destruction and burning and the general desolation of the scene. All around them desolation and destruction saturated the crumbled and falling buildings on each side of the street. To retrieve and hold on to it at all other times - that would be something of worth to salvage from these scenes of desolation. The strips of green herbage and forest-land, which have here and there escaped the burning lavas, serve, by contrast, to heighten the desolation of the scene. It is a scene of utter desolation caused by the great famine of 1770. It brought images of desolation and destruction that most people had never seen directly into their living rooms for the first time. A few hours later, as smoke continued to pour from the smoldering ruins, survivors surveyed a scene of stunning desolation. A visitor in 1906 wrote of the desolation of the scene and the damage done to this beautiful area by the miners, but now the regrowth of kamahi has covered most of the relics of the mining. The desolation of the place made me cringe a little. Thus the place of creation becomes the place of desolation and eventual destruction. The barren trees were in tune with the sense of desolation all around. And in the utter desolation of the desert, Akhenaten declares his unfettered love. The trek from Pyongyang, across some 10,000 kilometers of Siberian desolation, took 10 days. Synonyms barrenness, bleakness, starkness, bareness, dismalness, grimness 1.1 Anguished misery or loneliness. in choked desolation, she watched him leave Example sentencesExamples In a condition of utter desolation and heartbreak Butterfly bids farewell to her son and takes her life in a dramatically charged climax. A solitary singer tramps through a winter landscape, seeing in the frozen streams and bare trees a reflection of his own loneliness and desolation. The poet voices myriad experiences - dreams and desires, pains and penance, despair and desolation - which are rooted in our times. One woman epitomizes grief as utter desolation: the wide stretch of her open, sobbing mouth tells us she will never again know comfort. Despite the sunny sounds of some of the music, the lyrics are mostly dark, addressing suicide, terrorism, depression, and desolation. It was a depiction of legends passed down, legends of despair and desolation. Each month was a roller coaster of emotions: hope and then, when my menses inevitably began, pain, despair and desolation. Only her eyes betrayed her sorrow and desolation. Crystal was suddenly filled with misery and desolation. In fact, there's much a sense of desolation and loneliness permeating the film. It will find those who call to it, bringing desolation and misery. The assistance received made the difference between survival and desperation, and the accompanying sentiments provided emotional support at a time of desolation. Even at student age I wasn't old enough to appreciate the melancholic desolation which seeps through the cracks of the comedy. It is all about desolation, loss of hope and an overwhelming grief where there seems to be no hope, ever again, at the end of the tunnel. The fact that there is fear, grief and desolation in the world is something he understands, but even this only in so far as these are vague, general feelings, just grazing the surface. It filled me with an intense sadness, a peculiar desolation that was only partially pacified when the last note died away and Rob embraced me, kissing my forehead. Little is known of his life, but it was clearly troubled, and a sense of melancholy and desolation is characteristic of all his work. There was the same sadness in his eyes, however, and the same desolation. The incidents that had occurred during the past few days only served to increase her sense of desolation and loneliness. Those songs are so full of life and spirit here, it's impossible not to be swept up in their grandeur and occasional sadness and desolation. Synonyms misery, sadness, unhappiness, melancholy, gloom, gloominess, glumness, despondency, sorrow, depression, grief, mournfulness, woe Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin desolatio(n-), from Latin desolare ‘to abandon’ (see desolate).
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