| Definitions of 'desolate' |
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1. (adj) bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark
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"
2. (verb) desolate
crushed by grief
"depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
3. (verb) abandon, forsake, desolate, desert
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
"The mother deserted her children"
4. (verb) depopulate, desolate
reduce in population
"The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
5. (verb) lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourge
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
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| Definitions of 'desolate' |
Webster 1913 Dictionary |
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1. (adj) desolate
destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house
2. (adj) desolate
laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars
3. (adj) desolate
left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless
4. (adj) desolate
lost to shame; dissolute
5. (adj) desolate
destitute of; lacking in
6. (verb) desolate
to make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood
7. (verb) desolate
to lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city
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