an act or instance of desolating.

the state of being desolated.

devastation; ruin.

depopulation.

dreariness; barrenness.

deprivation of companionship; loneliness.

sorrow; grief; woe.

a desolate place.

noun

civilization , cheer , comfort , happiness , joy

noun

bareness , bleakness , desert , devastation , dissolution , extinction , forlornness , isolation , loneliness , ruin , solitariness , solitude , waste , wildness , wreck , anguish , dejection , despair , gloom , gloominess , melancholy , misery , mourning , sadness , sorrow , woe , wretchedness , blankness , hollowness , vacuum , void