Desolation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. an act or instance of destroying or devastating land, population, community, etc: The war’s desolation of the land destroyed years of hard and hopeful work.
  2. the state of being destroyed or devastated, as land, population, community, etc.: The utter desolation of the Western Front was captured in unforgettable photographs.
  3. dreariness; barrenness: The poet fashions a mood of desolation and despair in his works.
  4. deprivation of companionship; loneliness: Some homesteaders could not endure the desolation of life on the prairie, and returned to the city.
  5. sorrow; grief; woe: She was so deep in her desolation, we don’t know if our words of comfort reached her.
  6. a desolate place: The town was once a desolation.
noun
  1. the act of desolating or the state of being desolated; ruin or devastation
  2. solitary misery; wretchedness
  3. a desolate region; barren waste
Desolation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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