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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Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.
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 (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless..
Desolated :: Desolated (imp. & p. p.) of Desolat.
Wasteness :: Wasteness (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute of; lacking in.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house..
Solitary :: Solitary (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert..
Desolater :: Desolater (n.) One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste..
Vast :: Vast (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
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..
Destroyer :: Destroyer (n.) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates..
Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars..
Forwaste :: Forwaste (v. t.) To desolate or lay waste utterly.
Desolation :: Desolation (n.) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
Desolator :: Desolator (n.) Same as Desolater.
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.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Lost to shame; dissolute.
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