Definition of desolate

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

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Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
Vast :: Vast (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
Wasteness :: Wasteness (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.
Desolation :: Desolation (n.) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
Ruin :: Ruin (n.) That which is fallen down and become worthless from injury or decay; as, his mind is a ruin; especially, in the plural, the remains of a destroyed, dilapidated, or desolate house, fortress, city, or the like..
Desolated :: Desolated (imp. & p. p.) of Desolat.
Desolate :: Desolate (v. t.) To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood..
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.
Desert :: Desert (a.) Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate; solitary; as, they landed on a desert island..
Desolately :: Desolately (adv.) In a desolate manner.
Destroyer :: Destroyer (n.) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates..
Waste :: Waste (a.) To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.
Desolate :: Desolate (v. t.) To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city..
Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
Desolateness :: Desolateness (n.) The state of being desolate.
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..
Waste :: Waste (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless..
Desolater :: Desolater (n.) One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste..
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Lost to shame; dissolute.
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