Dictionary Entry

desolation

desolation is a 10-letter English word with 7 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1noun
The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
2noun
The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
3noun
A place or country wasted and forsaken.
4noun
an event that results in total destruction
Synonyms
devastation
5noun
sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
Synonyms
forlornness loneliness
6noun
a bleak and desolate atmosphere
"the nakedness of the landscape"
Synonyms
bareness bleakness nakedness
7noun
the state of being decayed or destroyed
Synonyms
devastation

Synonyms

devastation forlornness loneliness bareness bleakness nakedness

Common word forms

desolations

Words from these letters

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