Definition for Desolation:

• an event that results in total destruction

Synonyms for Desolation:

• n.

  •
  • barrenness,
  • bare,
  • clear,
  • demolition,
  • hollow,
  • fertility,
  • extinction,
  • waste,
  • empty,
  • ruin,
  • abandoned,
  • uncrowded,
  • derelict,
  • havoc,
  • desert,
  • wreck,
  • blank,
  • deserted.
  •
  • void,
  • vacuum,
  • full.
  •abandonment (noun)
  • dereliction.
  •depredation (noun)
  • spoliation,
  • laying waste.
  •depression (noun)
  • bleakness,
  • cheerlessness,
  • woefulness,
  • melancholia,
  • gloominess,
  • Disconsolation,
  • dreariness,
  • dispiritedness.
  •desolation (noun)
  • devastation.
  •destruction (noun)
  • destruction,
  • extirpation,
  • eradication,
  • annihilation,
  • disintegration,
  • wreckage,
  • abolishment,
  • vaporization,
  • holocaust,
  • decimation,
  • extermination.
  •distress, unhappiness (noun)
  • anguish,
  • dejection,
  • despair,
  • sadness,
  • mourning.
  •havoc (noun)
  • shambles.
  •heartbreak (noun)
  • heavy heart,
  • broken heart,
  • heartsickness.
  •hopelessness (noun)
  • desperation.

Antonyms for Desolation:

• n.

  • distress, unhappiness
    joyfulness, gladness.
  • uninhabitated area; barrenness
    cheer, civilization, happiness, development, creation, joy, construction, comfort.
  • Other antonyms:
    exuberance, intoxication, raising, reconstruction, saving, rapturousness, gladsomeness, construction, jollity, humor, jubilation, lightheartedness, Regeneracy, repair, exultation, renovation, reclamation, protection, refurbishment, remodeling, upkeep, salvation, sunniness, conservation, keeping, hopefulness, re-creation, rescue, joyousness, joyfulness, optimism, salvage, building, restoration, content, preservation.

Homophones for Desolation:

• dissolution, diocletian, deglutition, de-escalation.

Hypernym for Desolation:

• n.

  • state
    ruination, ruin, blight.

Hyponym for Desolation:

• n.

  • state
    impairment, deterioration.