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Synonyms for desolation
noun uninhabitated area; barrennessAntonyms for desolation
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catastrophe
noun. calamity; unhappy conclusion
- accident
- adversity
- affliction
- alluvion
- bad luck
- bad news
- blow
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- contretemps
- crash
- culmination
- curtains
- debacle
- denouement
- desolation
- devastation
- disaster
- emergency
- end
- failure
- fatality
- fiasco
- finale
- grief
- hardship
- havoc
- ill
- infliction
- meltdown
- misadventure
- mischance
- misery
- misfortune
- mishap
- reverse
- scourge
- stroke
- termination
- the worst
- tragedy
- trial
- trouble
- upshot
- waterloo
- wreck
depredation
noun. devastation, destruction
depression
noun. low spirits; despair
- abasement
- abjection
- abjectness
- blahs
- bleakness
- blue funk
- bummer
- cheerlessness
- dejection
- desolation
- desperation
- despondency
- disconsolation
- discouragement
- dispiritedness
- distress
- dole
- dolefulness
- dolor
- downheartedness
- dreariness
- dullness
- dumps
- ennui
- gloom
- gloominess
- heaviness of heart
- heavyheartedness
- hopelessness
- lowness
- lugubriosity
- melancholia
- melancholy
- misery
- mortification
- qualm
- sadness
- sorrow
- the blues
- trouble
- unhappiness
- vapors
- woefulness
- worry
dereliction
noun. abandonment
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.