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Despite the obvious damage now visible in the entropic desolation of every American home town, Wal-Mart managed to install itself in the pantheon of American Dream icons, along with apple pie, motherhood, and Coca Cola.
James Howard Kunstler

Meaning of "desolation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DESOLATION

desolation  [ˌdɛsəˈleɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESOLATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Desolation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DESOLATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

desolation

Loneliness

Loneliness is a complex and usually unpleasant emotional response to isolation or lack of companionship. Loneliness typically includes anxious feelings about a lack of connectedness or communality with other beings, both in the present and extending into the future. As such, loneliness can be felt even when surrounded by other people. The causes of loneliness are varied and include social, mental or emotional factors. Research has shown that loneliness is widely prevalent throughout society among people in marriages, relationships, families and successful careers. It has been a long explored theme in the literature of human beings since classical antiquity. Loneliness has also been described as social pain — a psychological mechanism meant to alert an individual of isolation and motivate him/her to seek social connections.

Definition of desolation in the English dictionary

The first definition of desolation in the dictionary is the act of desolating or the state of being desolated; ruin or devastation. Other definition of desolation is solitary misery; wretchedness. Desolation is also a desolate region; barren waste.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESOLATION


calculation
ˌkælkjʊˈleɪʃən
cancellation
ˌkænsɪˈleɪʃən
circulation
ˌsɜːkjʊˈleɪʃən
compilation
ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪʃən
correlation
ˌkɒrɪˈleɪʃən
formulation
ˌfɔːmjʊˈleɪʃən
installation
ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən
insulation
ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən
isolation
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən
legislation
ˌlɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃən
manipulation
məˌnɪpjʊˈleɪʃən
musculation
ˌmʌskjʊˈleɪʃən
mutilation
ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃən
population
ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən
regulation
ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən
relation
rɪˈleɪʃən
simulation
ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪʃən
translation
trænsˈleɪʃən
ventilation
ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃən
violation
ˌvaɪəˈleɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESOLATION

desmosome
Desmoulins
desnood
desobligeante
desolate
desolated
desolately
desolateness
desolater
desolatingly
desolator
desolatory
desorb
desorption
desoxyribonucleic acid
desoxyribose
despair
despairer
despairful
despairing

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESOLATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of desolation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DESOLATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «desolation» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of desolation

Translation of «desolation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESOLATION

Find out the translation of desolation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of desolation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «desolation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

凄凉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desolación
570 millions of speakers

English

desolation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वीरानी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخراب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

запустение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desolação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নির্জনতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

affliction
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ketakutan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trostlosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

絶望
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

절망감
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Desolation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đau khổ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உயிரற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नासधूस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ıssızlık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

desolazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spustoszenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

запустіння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dezolare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ερήμωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verwoesting
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ödeläggelse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ødeleggelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of desolation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESOLATION»

The term «desolation» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.507 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESOLATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «desolation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «desolation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about desolation

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10 QUOTES WITH «DESOLATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word desolation.
1
Fisher Ames
A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.
2
Norman Borlaug
Plant diseases, drought, desolation, despair were recurrent catastrophes during the ages - and the ancient remedies: supplications to supernatural spirits or gods.
3
Wilfred Burchett
In this first testing ground of the atomic bomb I have seen the most terrible and frightening desolation in four years of war. It makes a blitzed Pacific island seem like an Eden. The damage is far greater than photographs can show.
4
Bruce Chatwin
The history of Buenos Aires is written in its telephone directory. Pompey Romanov, Emilio Rommel, Crespina D. Z. de Rose, Ladislao Radziwil, and Elizabeta Marta Callman de Rothschild - five names taken at random from among the R's - told a story of exile, desolation, disillusion, and anxiety behind lace curtains.
5
Sarah Doudney
There are women to whom nature has granted the gift of silent emotion. They have mobile faces, changeful eyes, soft lips, which express joy or desolation naturally, and with the charm of perfect simplicity and truth.
6
King George V
I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.
7
Roy Harper
In cities, people go to work and all walk there together, like some arterial flow. And there's a certain desolation about it, an alienation that we all experience.
8
Mark Hoppus
Antarctica is otherworldly, like nothing I've ever seen before. Stark, cold, beautiful desolation.
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James Howard Kunstler
Despite the obvious damage now visible in the entropic desolation of every American home town, Wal-Mart managed to install itself in the pantheon of American Dream icons, along with apple pie, motherhood, and Coca Cola.
10
James Larkin
We shall not fight for the preservation of the enemy, which has laid waste with death and desolation the fields and hills of Ireland for 700 years.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESOLATION»

Discover the use of desolation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to desolation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon
From the Hardcover edition.
Buzz Aldrin, Ken Abraham, 2009
2
Desolation Island (Vol. Book 5) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
"The relationship [between Aubrey and Maturin]...is about the best thing afloat.
Patrick O'Brian, 2011
3
Desolation
And Desolation is one of the most dazzling performances ever written for one voice. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Yasmina Reza, 2007
4
Desolation
Cain is eager for a new beginning.
TIm Lebbon, 2011
5
East of Desolation
The wreckage of a private plane plunges charter pilot Joe Martin into deadly danger in the icy desert of Cape Desolation, Greenland...
Jack Higgins, 1998
6
Desolation Angels
Desolation Angels is the wild and soulful story of the legendary road trip that Jack Kerouac took before the publication of On the Road, told through the persona of Jack Duluoz and accompanied by his thinly-disguised Beat cohorts Allen ...
Jack Kerouac, 2012
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Desolation Road
But by the time it all finished, the town of Desolation Road had experienced every conceivable abnormality from Adam Black's Wonderful Travelling Chautauqua and Educational ‘Stravaganza (complete with its very own captive angel) to the ...
Ian McDonald, 2010
8
Desolation: Part One
This book is part one of the Desolation trilogy. Mother Earth purifies herself and completes her rebirth in books two and three. William F. Covey is an electrician, doctor and author. He currently resides in Santa Clarita, California.
William F. Covey, 2010
9
Desolation Crossing
But high-tech hardware, fast wags, flowing jack and friendly words don't tell the real story behind a vendetta that is years in the making.
James Axler, 2009
10
Desolation and Enlightenment: Political Knowledge After ...
In this major intellectual history, Ira Katznelson examines the works of Hannah Arendt, Robert Dahl, Richard Hofstadter, Harold Lasswell, Charles Lindblom, Karl Polanyi, and David Truman, detailing their engagement with the larger project ...
Ira Katznelson, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESOLATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term desolation is used in the context of the following news items.
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CHP rescues 4 hikers, dog stranded in Desolation Wilderness
CHP rescues 4 hikers, dog stranded in Desolation Wilderness ... and a dog who became lost in Desolation Wilderness near Wrights Lake. «KCRA Sacramento, Jul 15»
2
The Best Quotes (and Key Themes) From the Pope's Environmental …
We may well be leaving to coming generations debris, desolation and filth. The pace of consumption, waste and environmental change has so ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
3
Pope Links Climate Action with Poverty Alleviation
We may well be leaving to coming generations debris, desolation and filth,” the pope wrote in the first papal encyclical dedicated to the ... «teleSUR English, Jul 15»
4
Record Store Day Trilogy Kevin Mccaighy , July 8th, 2015 10:56
The group take the original's sense of desolation eloquent fashion, basking in the plaintive ballad-like melody for all its worth, content to let ... «The Quietus, Jul 15»
5
O-Zone: One special shelf
Then, Sandy's Oscar winning performance choking back the shock and tears after having witnessed true desolation. I can't watch that scene ... «Jacksonville Jaguars, Jul 15»
6
Laudato Si' ignores real gains for the environment and the poor
We may well be leaving to coming generations debris, desolation and filth. … our contemporary lifestyle [is] unsustainable ...” (para. 161). This reads for all the ... «Lifesite, Jul 15»
7
YEP Letters: July 8
It was 50 years ago that Dylan released Highway 61 Revisited ; compare the lyrics of Desolation Row with anything by Rita Ora or most judges ... «Yorkshire Evening Post, Jul 15»
8
ATP: Peel Slowly and See – Day Two
Flyovers, markets and the moon. High rise living. Desolation. Their sound is truly morose, exposing you to deep feelings you may have hidden. «IcelandReview, Jul 15»
9
Explore a distant alien planet in Exiles, free version now available
It's just the free version so don't expect you'll experience the full game set in a distant planet that's been driven to desolation and isolation. «Android Community, Jul 15»
10
New Ant-Man posters released for European premiere
... Man) as Scott Lang, Michael Douglas (Behind The Candelabra) as Dr. Hank Pym, Evangeline Lilly (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug) as ... «Flickering Myth, Jul 15»

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