desolation

Meanings

Plural: desolations

Noun

• the state of being decayed or destroyed
• a bleak and desolate atmosphere
• sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
• an event that results in total destruction
• The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
• The state of being desolated or laid waste
• A place or country wasted and forsaken.

Synonyms

bareness, bleakness, destitution, devastation, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, loneliness, nakedness, ruin, solitariness