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Synonyms for desolation

Grammar : Noun
Spell : des-uh-ley-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛs əˈleɪ ʃən

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Définition of desolation

Origin :
  • late 14c., "action of laying waste," also "sorrow, grief," from Old French desolacion (12c.) "desolation, devastation, hopelessness, despair," from Church Latin desolationem (nominative desolatio), noun of action from past participle stem of desolare (see desolate (adj.)). Meaning "condition of being ruined or wasted" is from early 15c.
  • noun uninhabitated area; barrenness
  • noun distress, unhappiness
Example sentences :
  • She returned at last to her little home, to find it a scene of desolation.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • There was a monotone of desolation as she went on speaking in a whisper meant for the ears of no other.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • For him this was desolation, such a catastrophe that he forgot his torments.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Far and wide lay a ruined country, yielding nothing but desolation.
  • Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
  • Yet there was a grandeur in my desolation that would have elevated my heart but for the fear.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • I tried to shake off the feeling of desolation as I went to my bed of boughs.
  • Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
  • It was as if something divine within me awoke to outface the desolation.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • Vivian entered the house; but who shall describe the scene of desolation!
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • But his art surely saved him securely from her sense of desolation.
  • Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
  • The fire he kindled had destroyed, like the spirit of desolation.
  • Extract from : « The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1876 » by Various

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