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   desolate

   adjective

   • 1. (of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness: "a desolate Pennine moor" Similar barrenbleakstarkbaredismalgrimdesertwastearidsterilewildwindsweptinhospitableexposeddeserteduninhabitedunoccupieddepopulatedforsakengodforsakenabandonedunpeopleduntenantedevacuatedemptyvacatedvacantunfrequentedunvisitedsolitarylonelysecludedisolatedremoteOpposite fertilepopulous
   • 2. feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness: "I suddenly felt desolate and bereft" Similar miserablesadunhappymelancholygloomyglumdespondentcomfortlessdepressedmournfuldisconsolatebroken-heartedheavy-heartedgrief-strickenwretcheddowncastcast downdejecteddownhearteddispiriteddevastateddespairinginconsolableanguishedcrushedforlorncrestfallenupsetdistressedgrievingwoebegonebereftin low spiritsinformal:bluedowncut upOpposite joyful

   verb

   • 1. make (a place) appear bleakly empty: "the droughts that desolated the dry plains" Similar devastateravageruinmake/leave desolateleave in ruinsdestroywrecklay waste towreak havoc onlevelrazedemolishwipe outobliterateannihilategutdepopulateemptyrare:depredatespoliate
   • 2. make (someone) feel utterly wretched and unhappy: "he was desolated by the deaths of his treasured friends" Similar disheartendispiritdauntdistressdepressmake sad/unhappysaddencast downdejectmake miserablemake gloomy/despondentweigh downoppressinformal:shatterfloorOpposite cheer

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin desolatus ‘abandoned’, past participle of desolare, from de- ‘thoroughly’ + solus ‘alone’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. desolately adverb
   • 2. desolateness noun
   • 3. desolator noun

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   What does desolate mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! DESOLATE meaning: 1. A desolate place is empty and not attractive, with no people or nothing pleasant in it: 2…. Learn more.

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   What does it mean when a person feels desolate?

   • When a person feels desolate, he feels deserted, lonely, hopeless, and sad. When a location is desolate, there's almost nothing there. Think of a rundown cabin in the middle of nowhere, with no running water and no stores or other people anywhere. That's a desolate setting. Being in a desolate place usually makes people feel desolate.

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   What is a desolate setting?

   • Think of a rundown cabin in the middle of nowhere, with no running water and no stores or other people anywhere. That's a desolate setting. Being in a desolate place usually makes people feel desolate. show 4 types...

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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.

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   Desolate means empty, sad or lonely. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts with examples and synonyms from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   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. When a location is desolate, there's almost nothing there.

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