desolate

  • 21desolate — adjective dɛs(ə)lət 1》 giving an impression of bleak and dismal emptiness. 2》 utterly wretched and unhappy. verb dɛsəleɪt make desolate. Derivatives desolately adverb desolateness noun desolation noun desolator noun …

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  • 22desolate — adj 1. devastated, laid waste, desolated, barren; ravaged, gutted, wrecked, ruined, destroyed. 2. deserted, uninhabited, unpeopled, depopulated, untenanted, unoccupied; desert, waste, wild, bare, empty, destitute; unvisited, unfrequented,… …

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  • 23desolate — [ˈdesələt] adj 1) a desolate place is completely empty with no pleasant features 2) feeling very sad and alone desolation [ˌdesəˈleɪʃ(ə)n] noun [U] …

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  • 25desolate — 1. adjective a) deserted and devoid of inhabitants b) barren and lifeless 2. verb To deprive somewhere of inhabitants; to …

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  • 26desolate — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, acarpous, acheronian, afflict, aggrieve, agonize, alone, anguish, annihilate, arid, bare, barren, black, bleak, break down, bring to ruin, bring to tears, celibate, cheerless, childless, comfortless, condemn …

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  • 27desolate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. bleak, barren, inhospitable, unpeopled; lonely, abandoned, forlorn; comfortless, miserable. See absence, seclusion, dejection. v. t. waste, depopulate, devastate. See destruction. II (Roget s IV)… …

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  • 28desolate — see SOLE …

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  • 29desolate — des·o·late || desÉ™lÉ™t v. make miserable; abandon, neglect; deprive of inhabitants, depopulate adj. abandoned, lonesome, neglected; miserable …

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  • 30desolate — I. a. 1. Uninhabited, unfrequented, lone, lonely, solitary, desert, forsaken, dreary, wild, waste, barren. 2. Lonely, lonesome, solitary, companionless. 3. Ruined, destroyed, devastated, ravaged, laid waste, desolated. 4. Comfortless, cheerless,… …

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