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Desolate

ˈdɛs(ə)lət

Desolate definitions

adjective

Inflections:

desolate

(of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness

"a desolate Pennine moor"

Synonyms:
barren bleak stark bare dismal grim deserted uninhabited unoccupied depopulated forsaken godforsaken abandoned unpeopled untenanted evacuated
feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness

"I suddenly felt desolate and bereft"

Synonyms:
miserable sad unhappy melancholy gloomy glum despondent comfortless depressed mournful disconsolate

verb

Inflections:

desolate desolated desolates desolating

make (a place) appear bleakly empty

"the droughts that desolated the dry plains"

Synonyms:
devastate ravage ruin make/leave desolate leave in ruins destroy wreck lay waste to wreak havoc on
make (someone) feel utterly wretched and unhappy

"he was desolated by the deaths of his treasured friends"

Synonyms:
dishearten dispirit daunt distress depress make sad/unhappy sadden cast down deject make miserable make gloomy/despondent weigh down oppress