Definitions for Desolate
ˈdɛs ə lɪt; -ˌleɪtdes·o·late

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.5 / 4 votes

1. bare, barren, bleak, desolate, starkadjective

   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. desolateverb

   crushed by grief

   "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"

3. abandon, forsake, desolate, desertverb

   leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

   "The mother deserted her children"

4. depopulate, desolateverb

   reduce in population

   "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"

5. lay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourgeverb

   cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

   "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. desolateverb

   To deprive of inhabitants.

2. desolateverb

   To devastate or lay waste somewhere.

3. desolateverb

   To abandon or forsake something.

4. desolateverb

   To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

5. desolateadjective

   Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.

6. desolateadjective

   Barren and lifeless.

7. desolateadjective

   Made unfit for habitation or use.

8. desolateadjective

   Dismal or dreary.

9. desolateadjective

   Sad, forlorn and hopeless.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Desolateadjective

   Etymology: desolatus, Latin.

   1. Without inhabitants; uninhabited.

   Let us seek some desolate shade, and there
   Weep our sad bosoms empty. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   This hero appears at first in a desolate island, sitting upon the side of the sea. William Broome, on Epic Poetry.

   2. Deprived of inhabitants; laid waste.

   This city shall be desolate, without an inhabitant. Jer. xxvi.

   3. Solitary; without society.

2. To DESOLATEverb

   To deprive of inhabitants; to lay waste.

   Etymology: desolo, Latin.

   The island of Atlantis was not swallowed by an earthquake, but was desolated by a particular deluge; for earthquakes are seldom in those parts: but, on the other side, they have such pouring rivers, as the rivers of Asia, Africa, and Europe are but brooks to them. Francis Bacon, Essay 59.

   Thick around
   Thunders the sport of those, who with the gun
   And dog, impatient bounding at the shot,
   Worse than the season, desolate the fields. James Thomson, Winter.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. desolate

   Desolate refers to a place that is deserted, uninhabited, and often in a state of disrepair or abandonment. It can also describe a person who is feeling extremely sad, lonely or forlorn.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Desolateadjective

   destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house

2. Desolateadjective

   laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars

3. Desolateadjective

   left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless

4. Desolateadjective

   lost to shame; dissolute

5. Desolateadjective

   destitute of; lacking in

6. Desolateverb

   to make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood

7. Desolateverb

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

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Desolate

   des′o-lāt, v.t. to make solitary: to deprive of inhabitants: to lay waste.—adj. solitary: destitute of inhabitants: laid waste.—adv. Des′olately.—ns. Des′olateness; Desolat′er, -or; Desolā′tion, waste: destruction: a place desolated.—adj. Des′olatory. [L. desolāre, -ātum—de, inten., and solāre, to make alone—solus, alone.]

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Desolate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Desolate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Desolate in a Sentence

1. Arthur O'Shaunessey:

   We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dream. Wandering by lone sea breakers, and sitting by desolate streams. World losers and world forsakers, for whom the pale moon gleams. Yet we are movers and the shakers of the world forever it seems.

2. Buzz Aldrin:

   I guess I said that because it was magnificent, we had gotten there, and it looked pretty desolate. But it was magnificent desolation. I think Neil remarked the beauty, too.

3. George Eliot:

   No soul is desolate as long as there is a human being for whom it can feel trust and reverence.

4. Buzz Aldrin:

   Aldrin in the Apollo 11 Lunar Module. For the 50th anniversary of the landing, Omega issued a limited edition Speedmaster watch, a tribute to the one that Buzz Aldrin wore to the moon. ( Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP) I prefaced desolate with magnificent, because of humanitys reaching outward and accomplishing something that people thought was impossible, Buzz Aldrin said. They dreamed of somehow reaching the moon. And to demonstrate, to be a part of demonstrating this miracle was magnificent. On July 16, 1969, Buzz Aldrin, along with mission commander Neil Armstrong and command module pilot Michael Collins, launched from Kennedy Space Center atop a Saturn V rocket. Four days later, Neil Armstrong made history when Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon. Aldrinexited thelunar module 19 minutes after Neil Armstrong. The famed astronaut joked about being second during his interview. APOLLO 11 INSIDERS REMEMBER HISTORYS MOST FAMOUS SPACE MISSION : WE HAD A JOB TO DO AND WE DID IT I will forever, no matter what I do, be known as the second man on the moon, he quipped. In this July 20, 1969 photo made available by NASA, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity. ( Neil Armstrong/NASA via AP) Why does it bother you to be a second man to walk on the moon ? Youre one of a dozen men who had that incredible role, Cavuto asked in a follow-up question. Well, people love being vice president, dont they ? No, Buzz Aldrin responded with a chuckle. APOLLO 11S EPIC MISSION TO THE MOON IN PICTURES Does it bother me ? Yeah, it does a little bit, Buzz Aldrin continued. Why ? Because that isnt the way I would have described what this country did with two human beings landing on the moon and then deciding who was going to go out. We did things together as a team. The famous astronaut also recalls his famous steps across the surface of the moon and how he was well aware that the world was watching. Right near the end of our period out there Buzz Aldrin was doing something with the rock boxes -- I knew where the TV camera was, and I jumped up and down and pranced around to demonstrate the mobility that a person has, he said. So I was demonstrating for the people watching on TVintentionally showing them the varieties of kangaroo hop of turning. APOLLO 11 INSIDERS REMEMBER HISTORYS MOST FAMOUS SPACE MISSION : WE HAD A JOB TO DO AND WE DID IT During his sit-down with Cavuto, Buzz Aldrin also recollected the experience of looking back at Earth while on the surface of the Moon. [ You ] look up there, theres the earth. It looks small when its up there. If you look close, you may be able to see the ice over a pole, he said. If you look at your Omega watch, you may be able to tell what time it is in Houston. Buzz Aldrin also talked about the political significance of their mission to the moon, coming as it did duringthe space race with Russia atthe height of the Cold War. APOLLO 11 : THE BOOK THAT LANDED MAN ON THE MOON COULD SELL FOR $ 9 MILLION I do a lot of thinking today -- about somebody who had -- the guts to see that we were being outshone -- outshined in the Cold War by the Soviet Union, and to say, What can we do ?

5. Sanjay Gupta:

   It was sparse, desolate, and for most requirements we would have to go to New Delhi, it was a distance away from everything that we needed.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Desolate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Desolate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Desolate
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Desolate
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Desolate