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desolation

English

Etymology

From Old French desolacion, from Latin d?s?l?ti?.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?d?s??le???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

desolation (countable and uncountable, plural desolations)

  1. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
  2. The state of being desolated or laid waste
    Synonyms: ruin, solitariness, destitution, gloom, gloominess
    • I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
  3. A place or country wasted and forsaken.

Translations


Middle French

Etymology

Latin d?s?l?ti?.

Noun

desolation f (plural desolations)

  1. desolation; destruction; annihilation.

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dreariness

English

Etymology

From Middle English drerinesse, drerynesse, from Old English dr?ori?nys (dreariness, sadness), equivalent to dreary +? -ness.

Noun

dreariness (countable and uncountable, plural drearinesses)

  1. The characteristic of being dreary.

Translations

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