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desolate

/'d/E/s/@/l/@/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a <i>desolate</i> isle; a <i>desolate</i> wilderness; a <i>desolate</i> house.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

adjective satellite

  1. providing no shelter or sustenance

    adj.all

    Examples
    The desolate surface of the moon.
    Synonyms bare barren bleak stark

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. crushed by grief

    adj.all

    Examples
    Depressed and desolate of soul.
    A low desolate wail.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

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

    verb.cognition

    Synonyms abandon desert forsake

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. reduce in population

    verb.change

    Synonyms depopulate

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

    verb.change

    Synonyms devastate lay waste to ravage scourge waste

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly <i>desolated</i> by the flood.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

desmognathousdesmograthusdesmoiddesmologydesmomyariadesmond tutudesolatelydesolatenessdesolaterdesolationdesolatordesolatory

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