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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 means empty, sad, or lonely. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts with synonyms, antonyms, and examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
- English (US)
DESOLATE meaning: 1. A desolate place is empty and not...
- Znaczenie Desolate, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
DESOLATE definicja: 1. A desolate place is empty and not...
- Desolate: French Translation
desolate translate: désolé, délaissé. Learn more in the...
- Desmosome
DESMOSOME definition: 1. a structure that joins two cells...
- Desolate in Spanish
DESOLATE translate: desierto, desconsolado, desolado,...
- Desktop Publishing
DESKTOP PUBLISHING definition: 1. the production of finished...
- Desolate in German
desolate translate: unwirtlich, trostlos. Learn more in the...
- Norwegian Translation
desolate - translate into Norwegian with the...
- English (US)
Desolate can be an adjective meaning deserted, lonely, or gloomy, or a verb meaning to devastate or forsake. Learn the word origin, synonyms, examples, and usage of desolate from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Desolate means empty, sad or lonely. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts with examples and synonyms from the Cambridge Dictionary.
Desolate definition: barren or laid waste; devastated. See examples of DESOLATE used in a sentence.
Definition of desolate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
Desolate can be an adjective meaning empty, lonely, or devastated, or a verb meaning to make someone or something desolate. Learn how to use desolate in different contexts and find synonyms and related words.