desolate
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- uninhabited, bare, barren, bleak, dreary, godforsaken, solitary, wild
- miserable, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, downcast, forlorn, gloomy, wretched
[verb]
Synonyms:
- lay waste, depopulate, despoil, destroy, devastate, lay low, pillage, plunder, ravage, ruin
- deject, depress, discourage, dishearten, dismay, distress, grieve

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Related Words: empty, vacant, uninhabited, unoccupied, bare, barren, destitute, poor, poverty-stricken, dark, murky

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. des‧o‧late¹ /ˈdesələt/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: desolatus, from solus 'alone']

1. a place that is desolate is empty and looks sad because there are no people there:
a desolate landscape

2. someone who is desolate feels very sad and lonely
—desolately adverb
—desolation /ˌdesəˈleɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. des‧o‧late² /ˈdesəleɪt/ verb [transitive usually passive] literary
to make someone feel very sad and lonely Synonym : devastate:
David was desolated by his wife’s death.
—desolated adjective

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

desolate
adj.
I. empty and depressing
VERBS be, seem, stand The house stands desolate and empty.
become | leave sth The land was left desolate.
ADV. completely, quite The landscape was quite desolate.
rather a rather desolate place

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

desolate
II. very unhappy
VERBS be, feel, look, sound He looked as desolate as Ruth felt.
become
ADV. quite, utterly She was utterly desolate after losing her baby.
a little Her voice sounded a little desolate.

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