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Desolate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Desolate? [adj] made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape" [adj] pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment; "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn" [adj] crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail" [adj] providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape" [v] devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion" [v] reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside" [v] leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Desolate: abandon \| bare \| barren \| blasted \| bleak \| depopulate \| desert \| desolated \| destroyed \| devastate \| devastated \| disconsolate \| forlorn \| forsake \| forsaken \| godforsaken \| inconsolable \| inhospitable \| lay waste to \| lorn \| ravage \| ravaged \| ruined \| stark \| unconsolable \| waste \| wasted Related Terms \| Find terms related to Desolate: abandoned \| acarpous \| acheronian \| afflict \| aggrieve \| agonize \| alone \| anguish \| annihilate \| arid \| bare \| barren \| black \| bleak \| break down \| bring to ruin \| bring to tears \| celibate \| cheerless \| childless \| comfortless \| condemn \| confound \| consume \| crush \| crushed \| cut up \| damn \| dark \| daunt \| deal destruction \| decimate \| deep-troubled \| defenseless \| deject \| dejected \| demolish \| depopulate \| depredate \| depress \| depressed \| desecrate \| desert \| deserted \| desole \| despoil \| despondent \| destitute \| destroy \| destroyed \| devastate \| devastated \| devour \| disconsolate \| discourage \| discouraged \| dishearten \| dismal \| dismay \| dispeople \| dispirit \| dispirited \| dissolve \| distressed \| down \| downcast \| downhearted \| drained \| draw tears \| drear \| dreary \| dried-up \| dry \| embitter \| empty \| engorge \| excruciate \| exhausted \| fallow \| fatherless \| forlorn \| forsaken \| friendless \| fruitless \| funereal \| gaunt \| gelded \| gloomy \| gobble \| gobble up \| godforsaken \| grieve \| gut \| gut with fire \| havoc \| heartsick \| heartsore \| heart-stricken \| heart-struck \| helpless \| homeless \| hopeless \| impotent \| incinerate \| inconsolable \| ineffectual \| infecund \| infertile \| inundate \| isolated \| issueless \| jejune \| joyless \| kithless \| lay in ruins \| lay waste \| leached \| lonely \| low-spirited \| melancholy \| menopausal \| miserable \| motherless \| mournful \| murky \| neglected \| nonfertile \| nonproducing \| nonproductive \| nonprolific \| obliterate \| oppress \| outcast \| overwhelm \| pillage \| poor \| poverty-stricken \| prostrate \| ravage \| ravaged \| raze \| remote \| ruin \| ruinate \| ruined \| sack \| sad \| sadden \| shipwreck \| sick \| sick at heart \| sine prole \| solitary \| somber \| sorrow \| sorrowful \| soul-sick \| spiritless \| spoliate \| sterile \| stricken \| sucked dry \| suicidal \| swallow up \| teemless \| throw into disorder \| torment \| torture \| unconsolable \| uncouth \| uncultivated \| unfertile \| unfrequented \| unfriended \| unfruitful \| unhappy \| uninhabited \| unleash destruction \| unleash the hurricane \| unoccupied \| unpeople \| unplowed \| unproductive \| unprolific \| unsown \| untilled \| upheave \| vacant \| vandalize \| vaporize \| virgin \| waste \| wasted \| without issue \| woebegone \| woeful \| wrack \| wreak havoc \| wreck \| wretched See Also \| destroy \| ditch \| expose \| leave \| maroon \| reduce \| ruin \| shrink \| strand \| walk out Desolate In Webster's Dictionary \Des"olate\, a. [L. desolatus, p. p. of desolare to leave alone, forsake; de- + solare to make lonely, solus alone. See {Sole}, a.] 1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house. I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. --Jer. ix. 11. And the silvery marish flowers that throng The desolate creeks and pools among. --Tennyson. 2. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars. 3. Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless. Have mercy upon, for I am desolate. --Ps. xxv. 16. Voice of the poor and desolate. --Keble. 4. Lost to shame; dissolute. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. Destitute of; lacking in. [Obs.] I were right now of tales desolate. --Chaucer. Syn: Desert; uninhabited; lonely; waste. \Des"olate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desolated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Desolating}.] 1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood. 2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city. Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war. --Sparks.

Desolate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Desolate?

[adj] made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape"
[adj] pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment; "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn"
[adj] crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
[adj] providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
[v] devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
[v] reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
[v] leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"

Desolate In Webster's Dictionary

\Des"o*late\, a. [L. desolatus, p. p. of desolare to
leave alone, forsake; de- + solare to make lonely, solus
alone. See {Sole}, a.]
1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted;
   uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a
   desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

         I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I
         will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an
         inhabitant.                           --Jer. ix. 11.

         And the silvery marish flowers that throng The
         desolate creeks and pools among.      --Tennyson.

2. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed;
   as, desolate altars.

3. Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.

         Have mercy upon, for I am desolate.   --Ps. xxv. 16.

         Voice of the poor and desolate.       --Keble.

4. Lost to shame; dissolute. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

5. Destitute of; lacking in. [Obs.]

         I were right now of tales desolate.   --Chaucer.

Syn: Desert; uninhabited; lonely; waste.


\Des"o*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Desolated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Desolating}.]
1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of
   inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the
   flood.

2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a
   city.

         Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war.
                                               --Sparks.

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