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desolation
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of DESOLATION
[noncount]
1
: extreme sadness caused by loss or loneliness悲伤；凄凉；孤寂
- She sank into a state of desolation and despair.她陷入悲痛和绝望中。
2
: the condition of a place or thing that has been damaged in such a way that it is no longer suitable for people to live in : the state or condition of being desolate荒废；荒凉；荒芜
- photos that show the desolation of war表现战后荒凉景象的照片
- It was a scene of utter desolation. [=ruin, devastation]这是满目疮痍的景象。
desolation
noun
des·o·la·tion ˌde-sə-ˈlā-shən 
ˌde-zə-
Synonyms
- blue devils
- blues
- dejection
- depression
- despond
- despondence
- despondency
- disconsolateness
- dispiritedness
- doldrums
- dolefulness
- downheartedness
- dreariness
- dumps
- forlornness
- gloom
- gloominess
- glumness
- heartsickness
- joylessness
- melancholy
- miserableness
- mopes
- mournfulness
- oppression
- sadness
- sorrowfulness
- unhappiness
Example Sentences
She sank into a state of desolation and despair. photos that show the desolation of war
Recent Examples on the Web Capturing the sea’s sensuousness and danger, the land’s desolation, and the characters’ intense interplay, the camerawork is astute. 
Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2022 Hope allowed Catherine to thrive; the desolation of knowledge leads to her spiritual death. Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic, 5 July 2022 One way to protect yourself from this desolation is to pick up a coffee subscription. Jaina Grey Scott Gilbertson, Wired, 30 June 2022 But after the Roman Empire deteriorated, malarial swamps spread again throughout Maremma—transforming the terrain for centuries into a lawless land of fever, bandits and desolation. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 May 2022 Beckett’s bitterly comic banter remains, but Kurtág’s version is filled with compassion for these characters mired in exhaustion, desolation and especially old age. Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 12 May 2022 But Diwan’s film is less harrowing for its depictions of physical suffering than for its forthright exploration of Anne’s emotional desolation. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 May 2022 The photos map the experience of desolation through landscape photos. Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2022 In eastern cities controlled by Russia, witnesses described desolation and ruin, as well as looting by Russian troops, where tens of thousands of people had once lived. New York Times, 17 Mar. 2022 See More
Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 July 2022 Hope allowed Catherine to thrive; the desolation of knowledge leads to her spiritual death. Anthony Domestico, The Atlantic, 5 July 2022 One way to protect yourself from this desolation is to pick up a coffee subscription. Jaina Grey Scott Gilbertson, Wired, 30 June 2022 But after the Roman Empire deteriorated, malarial swamps spread again throughout Maremma—transforming the terrain for centuries into a lawless land of fever, bandits and desolation. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 29 May 2022 Beckett’s bitterly comic banter remains, but Kurtág’s version is filled with compassion for these characters mired in exhaustion, desolation and especially old age. Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 12 May 2022 But Diwan’s film is less harrowing for its depictions of physical suffering than for its forthright exploration of Anne’s emotional desolation. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 May 2022 The photos map the experience of desolation through landscape photos. Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 2 June 2022 In eastern cities controlled by Russia, witnesses described desolation and ruin, as well as looting by Russian troops, where tens of thousands of people had once lived. New York Times, 17 Mar. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English desolacion, desolacioun "state of distress or hardship, feeling of distress, affliction," borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French desolacion, borrowed from Late Latin dēsōlātiōn-, dēsōlātiō "abandonment, solitude," from Latin dēsōlāre "to leave all alone, forsake, empty of inhabitants" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at desolate entry 1
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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