DESOLATION: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DESOLATION?

Need another word that means the same as “desolation”? Find 22 synonyms and 30 related words for “desolation” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Desolation” are: bareness, bleakness, nakedness, forlornness, loneliness, devastation, barrenness, starkness, grimness, misery, sadness, unhappiness, melancholy, gloom, gloominess, glumness, despondency, sorrow, depression, grief, mournfulness, woe

Desolation as a Noun

Definitions of "Desolation" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “desolation” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An event that results in total destruction.
• Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned.
• The state of being decayed or destroyed.
• A bleak and desolate atmosphere.
• Great unhappiness or loneliness.
• A state of complete emptiness or destruction.

Synonyms of "Desolation" as a noun (22 Words)

bareness	A bleak and desolate atmosphere.
barrenness	The state (usually of a woman) of having no children or being unable to have children.
bleakness	The quality or state of being bare and inhospitable. The evening s rainy bleakness.
depression	A period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment. Depression of the plunger delivers two units of insulin.
despondency	Low spirits from loss of hope or courage; dejection. An air of despondency.
devastation	Severe and overwhelming shock or grief. She spoke of her devastation at his death.
forlornness	Sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned.
gloom	A feeling of melancholy apprehension. His gloom deepened.
gloominess	A feeling of melancholy apprehension.
glumness	An atmosphere of depression and melancholy.
grief	Intense sorrow caused by loss of a loved one (especially by death. Time heals griefs and quarrels.
grimness	The quality of being ghastly.
loneliness	A disposition toward being alone. The loneliness of the farm.
melancholy	A humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy. He had an ability to convey a sense of deep melancholy and yearning through much of his work.
misery	A state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune. The misery and wretchedness of those slums is intolerable.
mournfulness	The passionate and demonstrative activity of expressing grief.
nakedness	The state of being without clothing or covering of any kind. The nakedness of the landscape.
sadness	Emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being. It is one of life s sadnesses.
sorrow	An event or circumstance that causes sorrow. A bereaved person needs time to work through their sorrow.
starkness	An extreme lack of furnishings or ornamentation. The starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections.
unhappiness	The feeling of not being happy; sadness. I ve seen too much unhappiness caused by broken marriages.
woe	Intense mournfulness. The Everton tale of woe continued.

Usage Examples of "Desolation" as a noun

• The stony desolation of the desert.
• In choked desolation, she watched him leave.

Associations of "Desolation" (30 Words)

absolute	Perfect or complete or pure. Absolute silence.
arid	(of land or a climate) having little or no rain; too dry or barren to support vegetation. An arid climate.
barren	A barren tract or tracts of land. The flat feels too tidy almost barren.
beggarly	Marked by poverty befitting a beggar. A beggarly existence in the slums.
bleak	(of a person’s expression) cold and forbidding. Prospects were bleak.
calamitous	Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. Such calamitous events as fires hurricanes and floods.
depopulate	Substantially reduce the population of (an area. The disease could depopulate a town the size of Bournemouth.
desert	Desert a cause a country or an army often in order to join the opposing cause country or army. The mother deserted her children.
desiccate	Remove water from. A prissy and emotionless creature settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery.
destitute	Completely wanting or lacking. Towns destitute of commerce.
devastate	Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly. He was devastated by his grief when his son died.
devoid	Completely wanting or lacking. The sentence was devoid of meaning.
expanse	A wide and open space or area as of surface or land or sky. The green expanse of the forest.
infertile	(of a person, animal, or plant) unable to reproduce itself; unable to have young. Infertile couples are offered specialist advice.
infertility	Inability to conceive children or young. Chlamydia can cause infertility in women.
perfectly	Used for emphasis, especially in order to assert something that has been challenged or doubted. You re perfectly right.
poor	Of a low or inferior standard or quality. The food in the cafeteria was of poor quality.
ravage	A destructive action. The hurricane ravaged southern Florida.
stark	Complete; sheer. Stark poverty.
sterile	Free of or using methods to keep free of pathological microorganisms. A sterile needle and syringes.
totally	Used to emphasize a clause or statement. She s almost totally deaf.
unadulterated	(especially of food or drink) having no inferior added substances; pure. Unadulterated maple syrup.
unconditional	Not conditional. Unconditional surrender.
unfruitful	Not fruitful; not conducive to abundant production. The meeting was unfruitful.
unmitigated	Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier. Unmitigated suffering.
unproductive	Not producing or capable of producing. The talks between labor and management were unproductive.
unsuccessful	Not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome. An unsuccessful attempt to enter Parliament.
utter	Express audibly utter sounds not necessarily words. He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand.
vested	Fixed and absolute and without contingency. A vested right.
windswept	(of a place) exposed to strong winds. The windswept moors.