desolation
Collocations
4ADJ.
general, left
VERB + DESOLATION
fear, feeling, lingering
DESOLATION + NOUN
destruction, heart
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
The state of being desolated or laid waste
I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
One or two uncovered masses appeared like the lingering foot-prints of desolation; but in general where the statelier trees had not taken root, the soil was luxuriantly covered with heath and the golden blossomed furze.
A place or country wasted and forsaken.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — an event that results in total destruction
noun — sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
- forlornness
- loneliness
noun — a bleak and desolate atmosphere
- bleakness
- bareness
- nakedness
noun — the state of being decayed or destroyed
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
WiktionaryOne or two uncovered masses appeared like the lingering foot-prints of desolation; but in general where the statelier trees had not taken root, the soil was luxuriantly covered with heath and the gold
WiktionaryLooking through family photographs at his home in Leeds, England, Gordon Bonner, 86, said he was lost in a “hinterland of despair and desolation.”
Tatoeba · #9698842The Sahara is a sea of desolation.
Tatoeba · #11206052The feeling of desolation entered my heart; I sorrowed in tears, and life almost became a weariness.
Tatoeba · #12103789The desolation left in his wake is staggering.
Tatoeba · #13514887