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desolation
Desolation is defined as the state of being uninhabited, lonely or dreary.
(noun)An example of desolation is the situation of a person who is lost in a desert.
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See desolation in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a making desolate; laying waste
- a desolate condition
- lonely grief; misery
- loneliness
- a desolate place
Origin: ME desolacioun < OFr desolation < LL(Ec) desolatio
See desolation in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The act or an instance of desolating.
- The state of being desolate.
- Devastation; ruin: a drought that brought desolation to the region.
- a. The state of being abandoned or forsaken; loneliness: a sense of utter desolation following the death of his parents.b. Wretchedness; misery.
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