desolation
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Sense: The quality of being uninhabited
Synonyms:
bareness, barrenness, bleakness, devastation, destruction Collocations, havoc Collocations, ruin Collocations, wreck Collocations, ravaging, demolition, annihilation, extinction, depopulation, emptiness, desert Collocations, waste Collocations, ruination, wreckage Collocations, wrecking, ravage, damage Collocations, decimation
Antonyms:
fertility, fruitfulness, abundance, civilization, productivity
Sense: The quality of being hopeless
Synonyms:
wretchedness, misery Collocations, loneliness Collocations, forlornness, gloom Collocations, isolation Collocations, solitude Collocations, anguish Collocations, melancholy, downheartedness, despair Collocations, gloominess, dejection, sorrow Collocations, woe Collocations, sadness Collocations, unhappiness, grief Collocations, grieving, mourning Collocations, broken heart , depression Collocations, the blues
Antonyms:
happiness Collocations, bliss Collocations, joy Collocations, joyfulness, joyousness, elation, gladness, delight Collocations, contentment