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adjective
- 1. (of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness: "a desolate moor" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. make (a place) bleakly and depressingly empty or bare: "the droughts that desolated the dry plains" Similar
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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. a desolate old house. b. : barren, lifeless. a desolate landscape. c.
DESOLATE definition: 1. A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it: 2…. Learn more.
Desolate definition: barren or laid waste; devastated. See examples of DESOLATE used in a sentence.
If you know the word deserted, you have a clue to the meaning of desolate, a grim word that can describe feelings and places. When a person feels desolate, he feels deserted, lonely, hopeless, and sad.
DESOLATE meaning: 1. A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it: 2…. Learn more.
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.
1. a. Devoid of inhabitants; deserted: "streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate" (Daniel Defoe). b. Barren; lifeless: the rocky, desolate surface of the moon. 2. Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness. See Synonyms at sad. tr.v. (-lāt′) des·o·lat·ed, des·o·lat·ing, des·o·lates. 1.
Definition of desolate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
DESOLATE meaning: 1 : lacking the people, plants, animals, etc., that make people feel welcome in a place; 2 : very sad and lonely especially because someone you love has died or left.
