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adjective
- 1. (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness: "a desolate Pennine moor" Similar Opposite
- 2. feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness: "I suddenly felt desolate and bereft" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. make (a place) appear bleakly empty: "the droughts that desolated the dry plains" Similar
- 2. make (someone) feel utterly wretched and unhappy: "he was desolated by the deaths of his treasured friends" Similar Opposite
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DESOLATE definition: 1. A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it: 2…. Learn more.
1. : devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted. a desolate abandoned town. 2. : joyless, disconsolate, and sorrowful through or as if through separation from a loved one. a desolate widow. 3. a. : showing the effects of abandonment and neglect : dilapidated. a desolate old house. b. : barren, lifeless. a desolate landscape. c.
DESOLATE meaning: 1. A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it: 2…. Learn more.
adjective. barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape. Synonyms: bleak. deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited. Synonyms: remote. solitary; lonely: a desolate life. having the feeling of being abandoned by friends or by hope; forlorn.
If you know the word deserted, you have a clue to the meaning of desolate, a grim word that can describe feelings and places. When a person feels desolate, he feels deserted, lonely, hopeless, and sad.
Definition of desolate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The desolate person is deprived of human consolation, relationships, or presence: desolate and despairing. The disconsolate person is aware of the efforts of others to console and comfort, but is unable to be relieved or cheered by them: She remained disconsolate even in the midst of friends.
adj. 1. a. Devoid of inhabitants; deserted: "streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate" (Daniel Defoe). b. Barren; lifeless: the rocky, desolate surface of the moon. 2. Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness. See Synonyms at sad. tr.v. (-lāt′) des·o·lat·ed, des·o·lat·ing, des·o·lates. 1.
DESOLATION definition: 1. the state of a place that is empty or where everything has been destroyed: 2. the state of…. Learn more.
There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the word desolate, five of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
