desolation
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the state of being decayed or destroyed
Types & categories
- deterioration hypernym
- ruin hyponym
- blight hyponym
Related & opposite
- devastate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a bleak and desolate atmosphere
the nakedness of the landscape
Types & categories
- gloominess hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
Types & categories
- sadness hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
an event that results in total destruction
Types & categories
- ruination hypernym
Related & opposite
- devastate derivation
- depopulate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | devastate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | deterioration |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruin |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blight |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | devastate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bleak |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | barren |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cutting |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | gloominess |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | desert |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | lonely |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | sadness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | devastate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | depopulate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | ruination |