desolations
Scenes of devastation
Desolations is the plural of desolation—instances of devastation, emptiness, or profound loneliness.
The word appears in literary and religious contexts describing ruined landscapes or spiritual despair: the desolations of war, the desolations that befell Jerusalem.
Each desolation is a separate scene or experience of utter bleakness.
Uncultivable, empty lands
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- barrensInfertile, sparsely vegetated land
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- rubbleBroken building fragments
devastation · scorched earth · emptiness · barrenness · decay · abandonment · ghost towns · crumbling
Intense sorrow from loss
- despairTotal absence of hope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
loneliness · emptiness · devastation · mourning · melancholy · hopelessness · abandonment · isolation
Destructive effects over time
- aftermathResults following an event
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
wreckage · demolition · obliteration · ruination · carnage · havoc · decimation · razing
Act of leaving permanently
- forsakingRenouncing or abandoning completely
- darknessTotal absence of light
- voidWithout legal effect
- absenceState of not being
estrangement · exile · separation · wandering · lamentations · wilderness · testing · judgment
wastelands
Uncultivable, empty lands
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- barrensInfertile, sparsely vegetated land
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
rubble · devastation · scorched earth · emptiness · barrenness · decay · abandonment · ghost towns · crumbling · remnants
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- despairTotal absence of hope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
sorrow · loneliness · emptiness · devastation · mourning · melancholy · hopelessness · abandonment · isolation · bleakness
ravages
Destructive effects over time
- aftermathResults following an event
- ruinsDecayed structural remains
- devastationSevere widespread destruction
annihilation · wreckage · demolition · obliteration · ruination · carnage · havoc · decimation · razing · laying waste
abandonment
Act of leaving permanently
absence · estrangement · exile · separation · wandering · lamentations · wilderness · testing · judgment · purgation
desolationsecstasies
Intense overwhelming happiness
joys · delights · exultations · raptures · elations
desolationsabundances
States of plentifulness
oases · paradises · prosperities · habitations · cultivations
desolationsrestorations
Acts of renewing condition
revivals · renewals · rehabilitations · reconstructions · regenerations