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Desolately :: Desolately (adv.) In a desolate manner.

De- :: De- () A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis-apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc..

Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars..

Solitary :: Solitary (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert..

Desolate :: Desolate (v. t.) To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city..

Ravage :: Ravage (n.) To lay waste by force; to desolate by violence; to commit havoc or devastation upon; to spoil; to plunder; to consume.

Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house..

Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.

Waste :: Waste (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless..

Desolated :: Desolated (imp. & p. p.) of Desolat.

Waste :: Waste (a.) To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To deprive of one who is loved; to strip of anything beloved or highly esteemed; to make desolate or bare; to bereave.

Wasteness :: Wasteness (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.

Maroon :: Maroon (v. t.) To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.

Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Lost to shame; dissolute.

Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Lonely; solitary; desolate.

Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute of; lacking in.

Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.

Waste :: Waste (v.) That which is wasted or desolate; a devastated, uncultivated, or wild country; a deserted region; an unoccupied or unemployed space; a dreary void; a desert; a wilderness..

Forwaste :: Forwaste (v. t.) To desolate or lay waste utterly.

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