Desolation Definition

dĕsə-lāshən, dĕz-
noun
The act or an instance of desolating.
American Heritage
A making desolate; laying waste.
Webster's New World
A desolate condition.
Webster's New World
Devastation; ruin.
A drought that brought desolation to the region.
American Heritage
Lonely grief; misery.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Desolation

Noun

Singular:
desolation
Plural:
desolations

Origin of Desolation

  • From Old French desolacion, from Latin dēsōlātiō.

    From Wiktionary

Desolation Sentence Examples

  • Desolation absorbed her into her thoughts, until Jade spoke again.

  • Desolation, unlike anything she'd ever felt, made her want to sink into the ground and stay there.

  • Words are powerless to describe the desolation of that prison-house, or the joy of the soul that is delivered out of its captivity.

  • If every man should fight for the best form of government the state would come to desolation.

  • Along the shores of the bay, and in the valleys of the mountains to the north and west it was inhabited; htit a great belt of desolation separated it from the regions in which the Moslem were fighting out their own quarrels.

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Words Starting With

DDEDES

Words Ending With

NONION

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Words Starting With D and Ending With N

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