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

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

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"

Wiktionary(2.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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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How to pronounce desolate?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

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. 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.

2. 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.

3. Ricardo Ross:

   Every time I walk past, their home is desolate, it just looks scary.

4. Elizabeth Barrett Browning:

   How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.

5. David Benjamin:

   It's pretty desolate up here, and it's built on the side of the mountain, so if you try to get out, once you get out, you have no idea where you're going, it's a good place to keep people that don't want to be here.

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