desolation

English Thesaurus

1. an event that results in total destruction (noun.event)

hypernym	:	ruin, ruination,
definition	:	an event that results in destruction (noun.event)

2. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned (noun.feeling)

hypernym	:	sadness, unhappiness,
definition	:	emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being (noun.feeling)

3. a bleak and desolate atmosphere (noun.state)

hypernym	:	gloom, gloominess, glumness,
definition	:	an atmosphere of depression and melancholy (noun.state)

4. the state of being decayed or destroyed (noun.state)

hypernym	:	deterioration, impairment,
definition	:	a symptom of reduced quality or strength (noun.state)

hyponym	:	ruin, ruination,
definition	:	an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction (noun.state)

hyponym	:	blight,
definition	:	a state or condition being blighted (noun.state)

5. an event that results in total destruction (noun.event)

derivation	:	desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste,
definition	:	cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)

derivation	:	depopulate, desolate,
definition	:	reduce in population (verb.change)

6. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	abandon, desert, desolate, forsake,
definition	:	leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	lonely, lonesome,
definition	:	marked by dejection from being alone (adj.all)

7. a bleak and desolate atmosphere (noun.state)

derivation	:	desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste,
definition	:	cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)

derivation	:	black, bleak, dim,
definition	:	offering little or no hope (adj.all)

derivation	:	bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark,
definition	:	providing no shelter or sustenance (adj.all)

derivation	:	bleak, cutting, raw,
definition	:	unpleasantly cold and damp (adj.all)

8. the state of being decayed or destroyed (noun.state)

derivation	:	desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste,
definition	:	cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)

9. an event that results in total destruction (noun.event)

derivation	:	desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste,
definition	:	cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)

derivation	:	depopulate, desolate,
definition	:	reduce in population (verb.change)

10. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned (noun.feeling)

derivation	:	abandon, desert, desolate, forsake,
definition	:	leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	lonely, lonesome,
definition	:	marked by dejection from being alone (adj.all)

11. a bleak and desolate atmosphere (noun.state)

derivation	:	desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste,
definition	:	cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)

derivation	:	black, bleak, dim,
definition	:	offering little or no hope (adj.all)

derivation	:	bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark,
definition	:	providing no shelter or sustenance (adj.all)

derivation	:	bleak, cutting, raw,
definition	:	unpleasantly cold and damp (adj.all)

12. the state of being decayed or destroyed (noun.state)

derivation	:	desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste,
definition	:	cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly (verb.change)