desolation+(noun)

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• desolation — desolate ► ADJECTIVE 1) giving an impression of bleak and dismal emptiness. 2) utterly wretched and unhappy. ► VERB ▪ make desolate. DERIVATIVES desolation noun. ORIGIN from Latin desolare abandon , from solus alone …   English terms dictionary

• desolation — late 14c., action of laying waste, also sorrow, grief, from O.Fr. desolacion (12c.) desolation, devastation, hopelessness, despair, from Church L. desolationem (nom. desolatio), noun of action from pp. stem of desolare (see DESOLATE (Cf.… …   Etymology dictionary

• desolation — noun 1) the desolation of the Gobi Desert Syn: bleakness, starkness, barrenness, sterility; wildness; isolation, loneliness, remoteness See note at solitude 2) a feeling of utter desolation Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• desolation — noun Date: 14th century 1. the action of desolating 2. a. grief, sadness b. loneliness 3. devastation, ruin < a scene of utter desolation > 4. barren wasteland …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• desolation — noun a) The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. b) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess …   Wiktionary

• desolation — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality of being uninhabited] Syn. bareness, barrenness, bleakness, devastation, destruction, havoc, ruin, wreck, ravaging, demolition, annihilation, extinction, depopulation, emptiness; see also desert , waste 3 . Ant.… …   English dictionary for students

• desolation — des|o|la|tion [ ,desə leıʃn ] noun uncount 1. ) a feeling of great sadness and loneliness 2. ) the state of a place that is completely empty or a place where everything has been destroyed …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• desolation — UK [ˌdesəˈleɪʃ(ə)n] / US noun [uncountable] 1) a feeling of great sadness and loneliness 2) the state of a place that is completely empty, or a place where everything has been destroyed …   English dictionary

• desolation — /dɛsəˈleɪʃən/ (say desuh layshuhn), /dɛz / (say dez ) noun 1. the act of desolating. 2. the state of being desolated. 3. devastation; ruin. 4. dreariness; barrenness. 5. deprivation of companionship or comfort; loneliness; disconsolateness. 6. a… …  

• ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION — ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION, literal translation of the Greek Βδέλυγμα ὲρημηώσεωϚ (I Macc. 1:54). This in turn, evidently goes back to a Hebrew or Aramaic expression similar to shiqquẓ shomen ( desolate, i.e., horrified – for horrifying –… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• desolate — adjective dɛs(ə)lət 1》 giving an impression of bleak and dismal emptiness. 2》 utterly wretched and unhappy. verb dɛsəleɪt make desolate. Derivatives desolately adverb desolateness noun desolation noun desolator noun …   English new terms dictionary