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 \
Des `
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tion \,
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 .
[
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
How is Babylon become a desolation ! --
Jer .
l .
23 .
Syn :
Waste ;
ruin ;
destruction ;
havoc ;
devastation ;
ravage ;
sadness ;
destitution ;
melancholy ;
gloom ;
gloominess .
[
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, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . . desolation, n meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
desolation noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and . . . 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
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 Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary She sank into a state of desolation and despair
desolation - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Noun desolation (countable and uncountable, plural desolations) The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation The state of being desolated or laid waste Synonyms: ruin, solitariness, destitution, gloom, gloominess