desolate
/D EH1 S AH0 L AH0 T/verb
- 1
To deprive of inhabitants.
- 2
To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
- 3
To abandon or forsake something.
- 4
To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
adjective
- 1
Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
“a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house”
- 2
Barren and lifeless.
- 3
Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.
“desolate altars”
- 4
Dismal or dreary.
- 5
Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
“He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.”
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