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Desolate

verb
Word Frequency: 2.2

Definitions

1.verbTo deprive of inhabitants.
2.verbTo devastate or lay waste somewhere.
3.verbTo abandon or forsake something.
4.verbTo make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
5.adjectiveDeserted and devoid of inhabitants.
"a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house"
6.adjectiveBarren and lifeless.
7.adjectiveMade unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.
"desolate altars"
8.adjectiveDismal or dreary.
9.adjectiveSad, forlorn and hopeless.
"He was left desolate by the early death of his wife."

Synonyms

forsakenforlornlornwastedgodforsakeninconsolabledisconsolatebleakdevastateinhospitabledevastatedbarren

Rhymes With

elucidatearticulatefacilitateprofligateexplicatedeliberatedelineateruminate
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