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desolation
[ des-uh-ley-shuhn ]
noun
- an act or instance of destroying or devastating land, population, community, etc:
The war鈥檚 desolation of the land destroyed years of hard and hopeful work.
- the state of being destroyed or devastated, as land, population, community, etc.:
The utter desolation of the Western Front was captured in unforgettable photographs.
- dreariness; barrenness:
The poet fashions a mood of desolation and despair in his works.
- deprivation of companionship; loneliness:
Some homesteaders could not endure the desolation of life on the prairie, and returned to the city.
- sorrow; grief; woe:
She was so deep in her desolation, we don鈥檛 know if our words of comfort reached her.
- a desolate place:
The town was once a desolation.
desolation
/ 藢诲蓻蝉蓹藞濒别瑟蕛蓹苍 /
noun
- the act of desolating or the state of being desolated; ruin or devastation
- solitary misery; wretchedness
- a desolate region; barren waste
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of desolation1
Example Sentences
But their bond, the way they help anchor each other, helps them face the desolation that seems to rise up from the very roads they clear.
The prime minister recalled feeling "a sickness" and "air of desolation" as he tried to make sense of "the enormity of this barbarous, planned, industrialised murder".
Originally formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1978, The Cure continue to endure as alternative rock鈥檚 goth icons - pitching lyrics of love, angst and desolation against a kaleidoscope of melodies.
The desolation of Kristofferson's downbeat delivery tells you this song is about much more than a bad hangover.
The blistering heat 鈥 with an average high temperature that鈥檚 more than 100 degrees four months of the year 鈥 only heightens the sense of desolation.
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