desolation
noun
[ dɛsəˈleɪʃ(ə)n ]
• a state of complete emptiness or destruction.
• "the stony desolation of the desert"
Similar:
barrenness,
bleakness,
starkness,
bareness,
dismalness,
grimness,
aridity,
sterility,
wildness,
isolation,
solitude,
solitariness,
loneliness,
remoteness,
• great unhappiness or loneliness.
• "in choked desolation, she watched him leave"
Similar:
misery,
sadness,
unhappiness,
melancholy,
gloom,
gloominess,
glumness,
despondency,
sorrow,
depression,
grief,
mournfulness,
woe,
broken-heartedness,
heavy-heartedness,
wretchedness,
dejection,
downheartedness,
discouragement,
devastation,
despair,
anguish,
distress,
low spirits,
Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin desolatio(n- ), from Latin desolare ‘to abandon’ (see desolate).
