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Synonyms for desolate
ˈdɛs ə lɪt; -ˌleɪtdes·o·late
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
desolateadjective
Synonyms:
bereaved, forlorn, forsaken, comfortless, deserted, uninhabited, desert, wild, waste, bare, bleak, lonelyAntonyms:
cheered, cheerful, consoled, attended, cultivated, sheltered, fertile, luxuriant, animated, lively, gay, frequenteddesolateverb
Synonyms:
waste, spoil, sack, plunder, pillage, ravage, devastate, depopulateAntonyms:
people, colonize, plant, develop, fertilize, cultivate, enrich, enliven
Princeton's WordNet
bare, barren, bleak, desolate, starkadjective
providing no shelter or sustenance
"bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
Synonyms:
spare, bare(a), devoid, perfect(a), consummate(a), blunt, unornamented, austere, au naturel(p), bare, raw, marginal, arrant(a), black, severe, gross(a), staring(a), simple(a), stripped, destitute, mere(a), cutting, everlasting(a), double-dyed(a), crude(a), dim, complete(a), innocent, plain, nude, unsheathed, pure(a), unfinished, barren, stark(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), free, naked, bleak, unembellished, sodding(a), scanty, stark, utter(a), sternAntonyms:
consolable, hospitabledesolateverb
crushed by grief
"depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
Synonyms:
stark, barren, bleak, bareAntonyms:
hospitable, consolableabandon, forsake, desolate, desertverb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
"The mother deserted her children"
Synonyms:
waste, devastate, give up, desert, lay waste to, abandon, vacate, scourge, empty, depopulate, defect, forsake, ravageAntonyms:
hospitable, consolabledepopulate, desolateverb
reduce in population
"The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
Synonyms:
waste, ravage, devastate, desert, abandon, scourge, lay waste to, depopulate, forsakeAntonyms:
hospitable, consolablelay waste to, waste, devastate, desolate, ravage, scourgeverb
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
Synonyms:
waste, harry, scourge, emaciate, flagellate, abandon, blow, forsake, run off, devastate, desert, neutralise, pine away, neutralize, consume, macerate, ware, depopulate, languish, liquidate, squander, ravage, do in, rot, knock off, lay waste toAntonyms:
consolable, hospitable
Editors Contribution
deserted
deserted means alone, or empty.
the deserted mountain had been left alone for years.
Dictionary of English Synonymes
desolateadjective
Synonyms:
uninhabited, unfrequented, desert, forsaken, dreary, wild, waste, barrendesolateadjective
Synonyms:
lonely, solitary, companionlessdesolateadjective
Synonyms:
ruined, destroyed, devastated, ravaged, laid wastedesolateadjective
Synonyms:
comfortless, cheerless, miserable, wretched, forlorndesolateverb
Synonyms:
ravage, devastate, depopulate, ruin, destroy, despoil, sack, ransack, lay waste
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
desolateadjective
Synonyms:
dreary, waste, broken-hearted, inconsolable, solitary, devastateddesolateverb
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #42 | free | |
| #271 | black | |
| #828 | nude | |
| #1895 | naked | |
| #1980 | waste | |
| #2028 | wild | |
| #2373 | harry | |
| #2540 | blow | |
| #2964 | empty | |
| #3079 | raw | |
| #3226 | plain | |
| #3717 | cutting | |
| #3964 | severe | |
| #4409 | desert | |
| #6173 | spare | |
| #6959 | bare | |
| #7271 | innocent | |
| #7584 | lonely | |
| #8576 | abandoned | |
| #9389 | dim | |
| #9696 | ware | |
| #10327 | defect | |
| #10536 | stern | |
| #11024 | marginal | |
| #11372 | blunt | |
| #12618 | stark | |
| #13640 | consume | |
| #14530 | abandon | |
| #14913 | stripped | |
| #15199 | sack | |
| #15984 | unfinished | |
| #17344 | rot | |
| #20573 | deserted | |
| #21436 | spoil | |
| #24547 | barren | |
| #25029 | bleak | |
| #27252 | devoid | |
| #33824 | forsaken | |
| #35321 | scourge | |
| #36359 | desolate | |
| #36540 | vacate | |
| #37254 | plunder | |
| #39656 | neutralize | |
| #43391 | destitute | |
| #46890 | bereaved | |
| #47832 | forsake | |
| #53038 | austere | |
| #56710 | liquidate | |
| #57035 | forlorn | |
| #57833 | uninhabited | |
| #60754 | pillage | |
| #67164 | scanty | |
| #68734 | unadulterated | |
| #70951 | disused | |
| #79641 | ravage | |
| #80715 | devastate | |
| #80961 | squander | |
| #85205 | languish | |
| #123666 | neutralise | |
| #208976 | flagellate | |
| #219582 | unsheathed | |
| #259625 | comfortless | |
| #327541 | depopulate |
How to use desolate in a sentence?
You can have an El Niño climate change impact on a coral reef ; let's say it kills 40 % of the coral, but if you have swimmers there with sunscreen pollution, you're not going to have new generations coming in. So you're going to see the slow decline of the coral reefs in the area. And then you get an undersea, desolate landscape of just muck and mud and sand.
I guess I said that because it was magnificent, we had gotten there, and it looked pretty desolate. But it was magnificent desolation. I think Neil remarked the beauty, too.
We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dream. Wandering by lone sea breakers, and sitting by desolate streams. World losers and world forsakers, for whom the pale moon gleams. Yet we are movers and the shakers of the world forever it seems.
How many desolate creatures on the earth have learnt the simple dues of fellowship and social comfort, in a hospital.
Dylan had a farm, Dylan had a goal, and he had a drive in life so that he would absolutely not let anything, anything, take him away, this is a kid that the last three years has been out in the desolate desert tearing out new ground.
Translations for desolate
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- مهجورArabic
- пуст, необитаван, безлюден, обезлюдявам, необитаем, безутешен, безнадежден, опустошавамBulgarian
- trostlos, verlassen, ödeGerman
- solitarioSpanish
- hüljatud, kõleEstonian
- خالی از سکنهPersian
- hävittää, autioittaa, hylätä, masentaaFinnish
- désoler, ravager, désoléFrench
- सुनसान, निर्जन, बंजर, उजाड़, वीरानHindi
- elhagyatott, kihalt, lakhatatlan, reménytelenHungarian
- բարձիթողի, լքված, ամայի, անմխիթար, անբնակ, թշվառArmenian
- terpencilIndonesian
- nero, desolato, deserto, abbandonatoItalian
- שומםHebrew
- 寂しい, 寂れたJapanese
- ನಿರ್ಜನKannada
- tūheaMāori
- pustkowiemPolish
- deșert, abandonatRomanian
- оскудевший, упадочный, скудный, безнадëжный, покинутый, пустынный, необитаемыйRussian
- தனித்துவிடப்பட்டTamil
- నిర్మానుష్యమైనTelugu
- спустошенийUkrainian
- וויסטYiddish
- 荒凉Chinese
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