Definition of desolate

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Desolate (a.) Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.

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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..
Desolate :: Desolate (a.) Destitute of; lacking in.
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Waste; desolate; unoccupied; untilled.
Devastate :: Devastate (v. t.) To lay waste; to ravage; to desolate.
Desolate :: Desolate (v. t.) To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city..
Sullen :: Sullen (a.) Lonely; solitary; desolate.
Bleak :: Bleak (a.) Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
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.
Wasteness :: Wasteness (n.) The quality or state of being waste; a desolate state or condition; desolation.
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..
Maroon :: Maroon (v. t.) To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate.
Desolateness :: Desolateness (n.) The state of being desolate.
Forwaste :: Forwaste (v. t.) To desolate or lay waste utterly.
Desolately :: Desolately (adv.) In a desolate manner.
Waste :: Waste (a.) To bring to ruin; to devastate; to desolate; to destroy.
Desolator :: Desolator (n.) Same as Desolater.
Vast :: Vast (superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
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..
Desolated :: Desolated (imp. & p. p.) of Desolat.
Waste :: Waste (a.) Desolate; devastated; stripped; bare; hence, dreary; dismal; gloomy; cheerless..
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