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adjective
- 1. (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness: "a desolate Pennine moor" Similar Opposite
- 2. feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness: "I suddenly felt desolate and bereft" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. make (a place) appear bleakly empty: "the droughts that desolated the dry plains" Similar
- 2. make (someone) feel utterly wretched and unhappy: "he was desolated by the deaths of his treasured friends" Similar Opposite
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DESOLATE definition: 1. A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it: 2…. Learn more.
1. : devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted. a desolate abandoned town. 2. : joyless, disconsolate, and sorrowful through or as if through separation from a loved one. a desolate widow. 3. a. : showing the effects of abandonment and neglect : dilapidated.
Definition of desolate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The desolate person is deprived of human consolation, relationships, or presence: desolate and despairing. The disconsolate person is aware of the efforts of others to console and comfort, but is unable to be relieved or cheered by them: She remained disconsolate even in the midst of friends.
When a person feels desolate, he feels deserted, lonely, hopeless, and sad. When a location is desolate, there's almost nothing there. Think of a rundown cabin in the middle of nowhere, with no running water and no stores or other people anywhere.
DESOLATE meaning: 1. A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it: 2…. Learn more.
Having the characteristics of a place deserted or uninhabited: II.6.a. 1413–. (a) In ruinous state or neglected condition, laid waste. (b) Without sign of life, bare of trees or herbage, barren. (c) Dreary, dismal, cheerless. 1413. A derker place, the moost wretchyd and desolate that euer men come ynne.
A complete guide to the word "DESOLATE": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.
having the feeling of being abandoned by friends or by hope; forlorn. Synonyms: hopeless, woeful, wretched, miserable, lost, lonesome, cheerless, inconsolable, woebegone. Antonyms: happy, delighted. dreary; dismal; gloomy: desolate prospects.
Oct 9, 2024 · desolate (comparative more desolate, superlative most desolate) Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house
