desolating
Laying waste to
Desolating describes something that brings devastation or profound emptiness.
A desolating war leaves landscapes ruined and populations scattered.
The word can also describe emotional destruction: the desolating news of her death, a desolating loneliness.
Present participle of desolate, functioning as an adjective that emphasizes ongoing or characteristic destruction.
Causing severe destruction
- catastrophicCausing complete destruction
- devastatingCausing severe damage
- annihilatingDestroying utterly and completely
- obliteratingDestroying beyond recognition
wrecking · pillaging · ravaging · laying waste · decimating · demolishing · razing · sacking
Unable to produce
- wastelandUninhabitable barren region
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- starkSevere and unadorned
inhospitable · ravaged · scorched · lifeless · uninhabited · windswept · arid · devastated
ruinous
Causing severe destruction
- catastrophicCausing complete destruction
- devastatingCausing severe damage
- annihilatingDestroying utterly and completely
obliterating · wrecking · pillaging · ravaging · laying waste · decimating · demolishing · razing · sacking · plundering
barren
Unable to produce
stark · inhospitable · ravaged · scorched · lifeless · uninhabited · windswept · arid · devastated · ruined
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
despair · sorrow · loneliness · isolation · emptiness · bereavement · loss · misery · woe · melancholy
desolatingcreating
Making something new
constructing · building · restoring · rebuilding · establishing
desolatinguplifting
Emotionally encouraging
comforting · consoling · cheering · heartening · inspiring
desolatingpopulating
Filling with occupants
replenishing · enriching · revitalizing · fertilizing · cultivating