desolation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The state of being desolated or laid waste

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   an event that results in total destruction

3. 3
   noun

   sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

4. 4
   noun

   a bleak and desolate atmosphere

5. 5
   noun

   the state of being decayed or destroyed

6. 6
   noun

   The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.

7. 7
   noun

   A place or country wasted and forsaken.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English desolacioun, from Middle French, Old French desolacion f, from Latin dēsōlātiō f.