meaning of desolate
1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.
2. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
3. Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
4. Lost to shame; dissolute.
5. Destitute of; lacking in.
6. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
7. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
8. devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the
">invasion"
Related Words
desolate | desolated | desolately | desolateness | desolater |
