Definition of desolate

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of desolate is as below...

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

Lern More About Desolate

Waste :: Waste (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless..
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..
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..
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
Forwaste :: Forwaste (v. t.) To desolate or lay waste utterly.
Destroyer :: Destroyer (n.) One who destroys, ruins, kills, or desolates..
Desolateness :: Desolateness (n.) The state of being desolate.
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..
Desolation :: Desolation (n.) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
Desolator :: Desolator (n.) Same as Desolater.
Desolate :: Desolate (v. t.) To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood..
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..
Solitary :: Solitary (a.) Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted; silent; still; hence, gloomy; dismal; as, the solitary desert..
Desolately :: Desolately (adv.) In a desolate manner.
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.
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.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars..
Wasteness :: Wasteness (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us