Synonyms of the word

desolation

• n. The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
• n. The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
• n. A place or country wasted and forsaken.

bareness

• n. The state of being bare.

bleakness

• n. The characteristic of being bleak.

deterioration

• n. The process of making or growing worse, or the state of having grown worse.

devastation

• n. The act of devastating, or the state of being devastated; a laying waste.
• n. (law) Waste or misapplication of the assets of a deceased person by an executor or administrator; devastavit.

forlornness

• n. The state or characteristic of being forlorn; sadness; loneliness.

gloom

• n. Darkness, dimness or obscurity.
• n. A melancholic, depressing or despondent atmosphere.
• n. Cloudiness or heaviness of mind; melancholy; aspect of sorrow; low spirits; dullness.
• n. A drying oven used in gunpowder manufacture.
• v. (intransitive) To be dark or gloomy.
• v. (intransitive) to look or feel sad, sullen or despondent.
• v. (transitive) To render gloomy or dark; to obscure; to darken.
• v. (transitive) To fill with gloom; to make sad, dismal, or sullen.
• v. To shine or appear obscurely or imperfectly; to glimmer.

gloominess

• n. The state or condition of being gloomy.

glumness

• n. The emotion of being glum.

impairment

• n. The result of being impaired; a deterioration or weakening; a disability or handicap; an inefficient part…
• n. (accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.

loneliness

• n. A feeling of depression resulting from being alone.
• n. The condition or state of being lonely; solitude; seclusion.
• n. The state of being unfrequented.
• n. (obsolete) Love of retirement; disposition to solitude.

nakedness

• n. The state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.

ruin

• n. (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a…
• n. (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
• n. (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
• n. (obsolete) A fall or tumble.
• n. A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
• v. (transitive) to cause the fiscal ruin of.
• v. To destroy or make something no longer usable.
• v. To cause severe financial loss to; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
• v. To upset or mess up the plans or progress of, or to put into disarray; to spoil.

ruination

• n. The state of being ruined, a state of devastation or destruction.
• n. The act of ruining or wrecking.
• n. The cause of being ruined, destroyed or lost.
• n. A loss of reputation.

sadness

• n. (uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
• n. (countable) An event in one's life that causes sadness.

unhappiness

• n. The feeling of not being happy.