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   desolate

   adjective

   • 1. (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness: "a desolate Pennine moor" Similar barrenbleakstarkbaredismalgrimdesertwastearidsterilewildwindsweptinhospitableexposeddeserteduninhabitedunoccupieddepopulatedforsakengodforsakenabandonedunpeopleduntenantedevacuatedemptyvacatedvacantunfrequentedunvisitedsolitarylonelysecludedisolatedremoteOpposite fertilepopulous
   • 2. feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness: "I suddenly felt desolate and bereft" Similar miserablesadunhappymelancholygloomyglumdespondentcomfortlessdepressedmournfuldisconsolatebroken-heartedheavy-heartedgrief-strickenwretcheddowncastcast downdejecteddownhearteddispiriteddevastateddespairinginconsolableanguishedcrushedforlorncrestfallenupsetdistressedgrievingwoebegonebereftin low spiritsinformal:bluedowncut upOpposite joyful

   verb

   • 1. make (a place) appear bleakly empty: "the droughts that desolated the dry plains" Similar devastateravageruinmake/leave desolateleave in ruinsdestroywrecklay waste towreak havoc onlevelrazedemolishwipe outobliterateannihilategutdepopulateemptyrare:depredatespoliate
   • 2. make (someone) feel utterly wretched and unhappy: "he was desolated by the deaths of his treasured friends" Similar disheartendispiritdauntdistressdepressmake sad/unhappysaddencast downdejectmake miserablemake gloomy/despondentweigh downoppressinformal:shatterfloorOpposite cheer

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin desolatus ‘abandoned’, past participle of desolare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + solus ‘alone’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. desolately adverb
   • 2. desolateness noun
   • 3. desolator noun

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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.

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   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.

4. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDESOLATE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   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.

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   Definition of desolate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Desolate definition: barren or laid waste; devastated. See examples of DESOLATE used in a sentence.

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   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.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › desolateDesolate - definition of desolate by The Free Dictionary

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   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.