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Quick definitions from WordNet (desolate)
▸ verb: reduce in population
▸ verb: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
▸ verb: devastate or ravage
▸ adjective: crushed by grief ("Depressed and desolate of soul")
▸ adjective: pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment ("Desolate and despairing")
▸ adjective: made uninhabitable
▸ adjective: providing no shelter or sustenance ("The desolate surface of the moon")
▸ Also see desolator
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▸ verb: reduce in population
▸ verb: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
▸ verb: devastate or ravage
▸ adjective: crushed by grief ("Depressed and desolate of soul")
▸ adjective: pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment ("Desolate and despairing")
▸ adjective: made uninhabitable
▸ adjective: providing no shelter or sustenance ("The desolate surface of the moon")
▸ Also see desolator
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to desolate
▸ Usage examples for desolate
▸ Idioms related to desolate (New!)
▸ Popular nouns described by desolate
▸ Words that often appear near desolate
▸ Rhymes of desolate
▸ Invented words related to desolate