n. 25B6; noun
the desolation of the Gobi desert : BLEAKNESS, starkness, barrenness, sterility; wildness; isolation, loneliness, remoteness.
a feeling of utter desolation : MISERY, sadness, unhappiness, despondency, sorrow, depression, grief, woe; broken-heartedness, wretchedness, dejection, devastation, despair, anguish, distress.