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

1. noun. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
2. noun. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
3. noun. A place or country wasted and forsaken.
4. noun. an event that results in total destruction

   Synonyms: devastation

5. noun. sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

   Synonyms: forlornness, loneliness

6. noun. a bleak and desolate atmosphere

   "the nakedness of the landscape"

   Synonyms: bareness, bleakness, nakedness

7. noun. 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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