English-Thai Dictionary

desolation

N การ ทิ้ง ร้าง  การ ไร้ ผู้คน  badlands bareness havoc fertility luxuriance kan-ting-rang

 

desolation

N ความหดหู่ ใจ  ความสิ้นหวัง  despair hopelessness kwam-hod-hu-jai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESOLATION

n. 1. The act of desolating destruction or expulsion of inhabitants; destruction; ruin; waste.
Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. Matthew 12:25.
2. A place deprived of inhabitants, or otherwise wasted, ravaged and ruined.
How is Babylon become a desolation among the nations. Jeremiah 5 :23.
3. A desolate state; gloominess; sadness; destitution.
The abomination of desolation, Roman armies which ravaged and destroyed Jerusalem. Matthew 24:15.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DESOLATION

Des `o *la "tion, n. Etym: [F. désolation, L. desolatio.]

 

1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. Unto the end of the war desolations are determined. Dan. ix. 26.

 

2. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess. You would have sold your king to slaughter, ... And his whole kingdom into desolation. Shak.

 

3. A place or country wasted and forsaken. How is Babylon become a desolation! Jer. l. 23.

 

Syn. -- Waste; ruin; destruction; havoc; devastation; ravage; sadness; destitution; melancholy; gloom; gloominess.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

desolation

des o la tion |ˌdesəˈlāSHən ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən | ▶noun a state of complete emptiness or destruction: the stony desolation of the desert. • anguished misery or loneliness: in choked desolation, she watched him leave. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin desolatio (n- ), from Latin desolare ‘to abandon ’ (see desolate ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

desolation

deso |la |tion |dɛsəˈleɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 a state of complete emptiness or destruction: the stony desolation of the desert. 2 great unhappiness or loneliness: in choked desolation, she watched him leave. ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin desolatio (n- ), from Latin desolare ‘to abandon ’ (see desolate ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

desolation

desolation noun 1 the desolation of the Gobi Desert: bleakness, starkness, barrenness, sterility; wildness; isolation, loneliness, remoteness. 2 a feeling of utter desolation: misery, sadness, unhappiness, despondency, sorrow, depression, grief, woe; broken-heartedness, wretchedness, dejection, devastation, despair, anguish, distress. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See solitude . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

desolation

desolation noun 1 the arid, stony desolation of the Gobi desert: barrenness, bleakness, starkness, bareness, dismalness, grimness; aridity, sterility; wildness; isolation, solitude, solitariness, loneliness, remoteness. ANTONYMS fertility. 2 she was racked by a feeling of utter desolation: misery, sadness, unhappiness, melancholy, gloom, gloominess, glumness, despondency, sorrow, comfortlessness, depression, grief, mournfulness, woe; broken-heartedness, heavy-heartedness, wretchedness, dejection, downheartedness, discouragement, devastation, despair, anguish, distress, low spirits. ANTONYMS joy.

 

French Dictionary

désolation

désolation n. f. nom féminin 1 Peine profonde. : C ’est avec désolation que j ’ai appris cette triste nouvelle. SYNONYME chagrin ; tristesse . 2 figuré Destruction, dévastation. : À la suite des bombardements, le pays n ’offre plus qu ’un spectacle effrayant de désolation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

desolation

des o la tion /dèsəléɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 U 心細さ, わびしさ, 悲しさ, 惨めさ .2 U 荒廃させること ; 荒廃した状態, 荒涼 ; C 荒れた所, さびれた所 .