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.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • discontent,
  • remorse,
  • sorrow,
  • melancholy,
  • regret,
  • woe,
  • heartache.
  •
  • agony,
  • hurt,
  • pain,
  • upset,
  • rejection.
  •
  • ache.
  •loneliness
  • ivory tower,
  • solitude,
  • isolation,
  • alienation.
  •Other relevant words:
  • mopes,
  • depopulation,
  • dilapidation,
  • disrepair,
  • suicidal despair,
  • defenselessness,
  • sobriety,
  • debacle,
  • vandalism,
  • prostration,
  • seediness,
  • perdition,
  • bush,
  • disruption,
  • doldrums,
  • anxiety,
  • outback,
  • uncultured,
  • untutored,
  • nudeness,
  • ingenuous,
  • discomfort,
  • breakup,
  • barren,
  • dolefulness,
  • despondency,
  • submission,
  • helplessness,
  • hopelessness,
  • excruciation,
  • bleeding heart,
  • Comfortlessness,
  • despoilment,
  • obliteration,
  • neglect,
  • blue ruin,
  • trial,
  • ruth,
  • wasteland,
  • adversity,
  • wastage,
  • artless,
  • joylessness,
  • Miserableness,
  • ignorant,
  • chaos,
  • misfortune,
  • starkness,
  • torment,
  • wilds,
  • smash,
  • rotten borough,
  • homelessness,
  • annoy,
  • washout,
  • barren land,
  • bloodbath,
  • reverse,
  • soberness,
  • openness,
  • vacantness,
  • deterioration,
  • damage,
  • Fatherlessness,
  • desertion,
  • cataclysm,
  • uncultivated,
  • surrender,
  • no-man's-land,
  • dolor,
  • Voidness,
  • resignation,
  • savage,
  • torture,
  • bitterness,
  • graveness,
  • wrack,
  • Desolateness,
  • wilderness,
  • heath,
  • slaughter,
  • ravaging,
  • Eboulement,
  • desolate,
  • hardship,
  • unproductive,
  • carnage,
  • shipwreck,
  • suffering,
  • crushing,
  • uneducated,
  • fresh,
  • nudity,
  • aloneness,
  • trouble,
  • Bouleversement,
  • moroseness,
  • disorganization,
  • dust bowl,
  • despond,
  • fall apart,
  • blues,
  • abandonment,
  • sack,
  • bareness,
  • unhappiness,
  • agony of mind,
  • bereavement,
  • ravage,
  • brush,
  • extremity,
  • vacuity,
  • hecatomb,
  • aching heart,
  • dumps,
  • bale,
  • Demolishment,
  • mincemeat,
  • oppression,
  • undoing,
  • salt flat,
  • tragedy,
  • despondence,
  • barrens,
  • solitariness,
  • angst,
  • ruination,
  • despoliation,
  • nakedness,
  • wild,
  • loss,
  • damnation,
  • calamity,
  • dissolution,
  • sequestration,
  • wildness,
  • sorrowfulness,
  • break down,
  • affliction,
  • dolour.

Paraphrases for Desolation:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    devastation, havoc.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    destruction.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    grief.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    despair, desperation, misery, disarray, waste, distress.

Antonyms for Desolation:

• n.

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

Homophones for Desolation:

• dissolution, diocletian, deglutition, de-escalation.

Hypernym for Desolation:

• n.

  • state
    ruination, ruin, blight.

Hyponym for Desolation:

• n.

  • state
    impairment, deterioration.