desolation
noun
Origin of desolation
Related Words for desolation
solitude, devastation, loneliness, isolation, bleakness, sorrow, sadness, despair, misery, anguish, waste, wreck, ruin, desert, bareness, solitariness, extinction, dissolution, forlornness, wildnessExamples from the Web for desolation
Contemporary Examples of desolation
It is the desolation of exiled Tibetans that dominates the tenor here, but it is not the only one.
As you work through the collection, the scenes become more stagnant, more still, as desolation takes over.
Some people assume that if you can't speak or hear, you live in a cage of silence and desolation.
She vividly describes the desolation and frustration of incarceration and puts Knox in every scene.
Historical Examples of desolation
She returned at last to her little home, to find it a scene of desolation.
Harriet, The Moses of Her PeopleSarah H. Bradford
There was a monotone of desolation as she went on speaking in a whisper meant for the ears of no other.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
For him this was desolation, such a catastrophe that he forgot his torments.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
Far and wide lay a ruined country, yielding nothing but desolation.
A Tale of Two CitiesCharles Dickens
Yet there was a grandeur in my desolation that would have elevated my heart but for the fear.
Ranald Bannerman's BoyhoodGeorge MacDonald