desolation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the state of being decayed or destroyed
  2. noun a bleak and desolate atmosphere
  3. noun sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

devastation

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