desolation
US: /ˌdɛsəˈɫeɪʃən/
UK: /dˌɛsəlˈeɪʃən/
UK: /dˌɛsəlˈeɪʃən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
desolation /,desə'leiʃn/
- danh từ
- sự tàn phá, sự làm tan hoang
- cảnh tan hoang, cảnh hoang tàn; cảnh tiêu điều, cảnh hiu quạnh
- tình trạng lẻ loi, tình trạng cô độc
- nỗi buồn phiền, nỗi u sầu; sự phiền muộn
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun [U] (written)
1 the feeling of being very lonely and unhappy: Her death left him with a terrible sense of desolation.
2 the state of a place that is ruined or destroyed and offers no joy or hope to people: a scene of utter desolation
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 destruction, ruin, devastation, waste, spoliation, despoliation, sack, depredation, extirpation, obliteration, ravagement, barrenness, havoc, chaos:
We had to shape a new life from the desolation left by the war.
2 grief, sorrow, dreariness, despair, gloom, distress, melancholy, sadness, misery, woe, anguish, wretchedness, dolour, dolefulness, unhappiness:
She felt the desolation of loneliness after her husband's death.
Concise English dictionary
desolations‚desə'leɪʃn
noun
+the state of being decayed or destroyed
+a bleak and desolate atmosphere
+sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
+an event that results in total destruction
