desolation

des·o·la·tion

D0162300 (dĕs′ə-lā′shən, dĕz′-)n.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.4. a. The state of being abandoned or forsaken; loneliness: a sense of utter desolation following the death of his parents.b. Wretchedness; misery.

desolation

(ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən) n1. the act of desolating or the state of being desolated; ruin or devastation2. (Psychology) solitary misery; wretchedness3. (Physical Geography) a desolate region; barren waste

des•o•la•tion

(ˌdɛs əˈleɪ ʃən)

n. 1. an act of desolating. 2. the state of being desolated. 3. devastation; ruin. 4. loneliness. 5. sorrow; grief; woe. 6. a desolate place. [1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	desolation - the state of being decayed or destroyeddevastationdeterioration, impairment - a symptom of reduced quality or strengthruin, ruination - an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction; "you have brought ruin on this entire family"blight - a state or condition being blighted
	2.	desolation - a bleak and desolate atmosphere; "the nakedness of the landscape"bareness, bleakness, nakednessgloominess, glumness, gloom - an atmosphere of depression and melancholy; "gloom pervaded the office"
	3.	desolation - sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandonedforlornness, lonelinesssadness, unhappiness - emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
	4.	desolation - an event that results in total destructiondevastationruination, ruin - an event that results in destruction

desolation

noun1. misery, distress, despair, gloom, sadness, woe, anguish, melancholy, unhappiness, dejection, wretchedness, gloominess He expresses his sense of desolation without self-pity.2. bleakness, isolation, loneliness, solitude, wildness, barrenness, solitariness, forlornness, desolateness We looked out upon a scene of utter desolation.3. ruin, destruction, havoc, devastation, ruination The army left a trail of desolation and death in its wake.

desolation

nounA desolate sense of loss:blankness, emptiness, hollowness, vacuum, void.

Translations

荒芜

desolate

(ˈdesələt) adjective1. (of landscapes, areas etc) very lonely or barren. desolate moorland. 荒涼的 荒凉的2. very sad, lonely and unhappy. 淒涼的 凄凉的desoˈlation noun 荒蕪 荒芜