desolating
91disastrous — adj 1. catastrophic, calamitous, cataclysmic, cataclysmal; ruinous, destructive, destroying, devastating, demolishing; ravaging, desolating, blighting, withering; harrowing, dire, black, fatal. 2. crushing, disheartening; grievous, sore, hard to… …
92heady — adj 1. intoxicating, intoxicative, inebriating, inebriative, inebriant. 2. exciting, thrilling, galvanizing, electrifying, breathtaking; exhilarating, invigorating, stimulating, enlivening, rousing, arousing; overpowering, overwhelming. 3. rash,… …
93heartbreaking — adj heartrending, tragic, sad, pitiful, poignant; disheartening, depressing, distressing, desolating; agonizing, tortuous, torturing, racking, painful; raw, sharp, cutting, bitter, biting, acute, severe, intense; insufferable, unbearable,… …
94subversive — adj 1. insurrectionary, seditionary, seditious, insurgent, incendiary; treasonous, traitorous; revolutionary, underground. 2. overpowering, overwhelming, upsetting; disruptive, riotous, calamitous, disastrous, cataclysmic, catastrophic;… …
95desolation — des•o•la•tion [[t]ˌdɛs əˈleɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) an act of desolating 2) the state of being desolated 3) devastation; ruin 4) loneliness 5) sorrow; grief; woe 6) a desolate place • Etymology: 1350–1400; ME < LL …
96desolate — adjective /ˈdɛsələt / (say desuhluht), /ˈdɛz / (say dez ) 1. barren or laid waste; devastated. 2. deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted. 3. left alone; lonely. 4. having the feeling of being abandoned by friends or by hope. 5. dreary;… …
97desolation — /dɛsəˈleɪʃən/ (say desuh layshuhn), /dɛz / (say dez ) noun 1. the act of desolating. 2. the state of being desolated. 3. devastation; ruin. 4. dreariness; barrenness. 5. deprivation of companionship or comfort; loneliness; disconsolateness. 6. a… …
98desolate — [des′ə lit; ] for v. [, des′əlāt΄] adj. [ME desolat < L desolatus, pp. of desolare, to leave alone, forsake, strip of inhabitants < de , intens. + solare, to make lonely < solus, SOLE2] 1. left alone; lonely; solitary 2. uninhabited;… …
99wasting — [wās′tiŋ] adj. 1. desolating; destructive [a wasting war] 2. destructive to health [wasting disease] wastingly adv …
100desolation — n. 1 a the act of desolating. b the process of being desolated. 2 loneliness, grief, or wretchedness, esp. caused by desertion. 3 a neglected, ruined, barren, or empty state. Etymology: ME f. LL desolatio (as DESOLATE) …
