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desolation Definition

deso·la·tion (des′ə lā′s̸hən)

noun

  1. a making desolate; laying waste
  2. a desolate condition
  3. lonely grief; misery
  4. loneliness
  5. a desolate place

Etymology: ME desolacioun < OFr desolation < LL(Ec) desolatio

desolation Synonyms

desolation

n.

  1. The quality of being uninhabited

    bareness, barrenness, bleakness, devastation, destruction, havoc, ruin, wreck, ravaging, demolition, annihilation, extinction, depopulation, emptiness; see also desert, waste 3.

    Antonyms fertility*, luxuriance, productivity. *

  2. The quality of being hopeless

    wretchedness, misery, loneliness, forlornness; see gloom 2.

desolation Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • war: Even in the desolation of war He decides the issue for all concerned.
  • suffering: The desolation of the unexplained suffering of those who believe in God the Father Almighty can be intense.
  • will: The only pain that is comparable to it is rapid-onset adult catatonia, when the desolation of the will is experienced instantaneously.
  • earth: The story takes place in a dark future where people must live in domed cities due to the desolation of the earth.

Converse of object

  • bring: Thy fairest hopes undone bring desolation, or else, fulfilled, shall vanish in a day.
  • describe: In their original form, these texts described the desolation of the Earth due to the collapse of Heaven at the beginning of time.
  • leave: When the tourists move on their corrupting influence leaves desolation and death - but the ants live on.
  • speak: Jesus reference to the abomination that causes desolation spoken of through the Prophet Daniel ( Matt.
  • cause: Jesus reference to the abomination that causes desolation spoken of through the Prophet Daniel ( Matt.
  • evoke: The monument is surfaced in an irregular mosaic of white and near-white tiles that evoke the desolation and grandeur of the Antarctic ice.

Adjective modifier

  • utter: It is a scene of utter desolation, not a human being or animal to be seen.
  • perpetual: The, judgment of the millstone awaits the one, perpetual desolations the other.
  • empty: Take the empty desolation of One Day, All This Will Be Fields.
  • spiritual: Past life regression is not for the merely curious but for those seekers who have suffered the pains of spiritual desolation and visited despair.
  • great: Macedonia Lastly Macedonia along with Epirus and Hellas lay in greater desolation and decay than almost any other part of the Roman empire.
  • such: To do so " would have permanently undermined his position of power over her... such desolation could not be admitted " ( 194 ).

Noun used with modifier

  • war: In consequence, " unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
desolation Quotes

Desolation Angels.

—Kerouac,Jack (John)

I have known the inexorable sadness of pencils, Neat in their boxes, dolor of pad and paper-weight, All the misery of manila folders and mucilage, Desolation in immaculate public places.

—Rogers,Will

DEAL is a most villainous place. It is full of filthy-looking people.Great desolationof abomination has beengoing on here.

—Cobbett,William

A pard-like Spirit, beautiful and swiftö A love in desolation masked;öa Power Girt round with weakness;öit can scarce uplift The weight of the superincumbent hour; It is a dying lamp, a falling shower, A breaking billow;öeven whilst we speak Is it not broken? Shelley

—Shelley, Percy Bysshe

Pax Romana.Where they made a desolation they called Burke it a peace.What absolutenonsense! It was a nasty, vulgar sort of civilization, only dignified by being hidden under a lot of declensions.

—Wilson

Beautiful! Beautiful! Magnificent desolation.

—Aldrin, Edwin E(ugene) Jr known as  'Buzz'

Kangaroo, Kangaroo! Thou Spirit of Australia, That redeems from utter failure, From perfect desolation, And warrants the creation Of this fifth part of the Earth.

—Field, Barron

I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace on earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.

—GeorgeV

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