desolación

Definitions of desolación
  1. noun
    an event that results in total destruction
    synonyms: devastación
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    type of:
    perdición, ruina
    an event that results in destruction
  2. noun
    sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
    synonyms: abandono, soledad
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    type of:
    desdicha, melancolía, tristeza
    emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being
  3. noun
    a bleak and desolate atmosphere
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    type of:
    lobreguez, oscuridad, tenebrosidad
    an atmosphere of depression and melancholy
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