Definitions of desolate [əˈsnɑ]

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Definition of 'desolate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) desolate
barren or laid waste; devastated:
a treeless, desolate landscape.

2.  desolate
deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; lonely.

3.  desolate
feeling loveless, friendless, or hopeless; forlorn.

4.  desolate
dreary; dismal:
desolate prospects.

5. (v.t.) desolate
to lay waste; devastate.

6.  desolate
to deprive of inhabitants; depopulate.

7.  desolate
to make disconsolate; sadden.

8.  desolate
to forsake or abandon; desert.

Etymology: (1325–75; < L dēsōlātus forsaken, ptp. of dēsōlāre=dē-de - +sōlāre to make lonely, der. of sōlussole¹; see -ate¹)

Definition of 'desolate'

Princeton's WordNet

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"

Definition of 'desolate'

Webster Dictionary

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

Translation of 'desolate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (of landscapes, areas etc) very lonely or barren desolate moorland.
Afrikaans: verlate, eensame	Arabic: مُقْفِر، قاحِل	Bulgarian: пуст
Brazilian: descampado	Czech: pustý	German: unwirtlich
Danish: øde; trøstesløs	Greek: έρημος, άγονος	Spanish: desolado, deshabitado
Estonian: kõle	Farsi: خالی از سکنه؛ سوت و کور	Finnish: autio
French: désolé	Hebrew: שוֹמֵם	Hindi: उजाड़
Croatian: pust, samotan	Hungarian: elhagyott	Indonesian: gersang
Icelandic: eyðilegur	Italian: desolato	Japanese: 荒れ果てた
Korean: 황폐한	Lithuanian: tuščias, negyvenamas	Latvian: neapdzīvots; vientulīgs
Malay: usang	Dutch: desolaat	Norwegian: øde, ufruktbar
Polish: wyludniony	Persian: خالی از سکنه؛ سوت و کور	Pashto: ويجاړ، متروك: زړه تنګوونك
Portuguese: descampado	Romanian: pustiu	Russian: заброшенный
Slovak: pustý	Slovenian: pust	Serbian: pust
Swedish: ödslig, enslig, kal	Thai: ว่างเปล่า; ซึ่งรกร้าง	Turkish: tenha,ıssız
Taiwanese: 荒涼的	Ukrainian: безлюдний; занедбаний	Urdu: غیر آباد ، ویران
Vietnamese: hoang vắng	Chinese: 荒凉的
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