Definitions and Synonyms of desolate | Another word for desolate | What is desolate?
Definition 1: reduce in population - [verb of change]Samples where desolate or its synonyms are used according to this definition
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
Synonyms for desolate in the sense of this definition
(desolate is a kind of ...) reduce in size; reduce physically
"Hot water will shrink the sweater" "Can you shrink this image?"
Samples where desolate or its synonyms are used according to this definition
- The epidemic depopulated the countryside
Synonyms for desolate in the sense of this definition
(desolate is a kind of ...) reduce in size; reduce physically
"Hot water will shrink the sweater" "Can you shrink this image?"Definition 2: cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly - [verb of change]Samples where desolate or its synonyms are used according to this definition
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Synonyms for desolate in the sense of this definition
(desolate is a kind of ...) destroy completely; damage irreparably
"You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!" "The tears ruined her make-up" (... is a kind of desolate ) reduce to ruins
"The country lay ruined after the war"
Samples where desolate or its synonyms are used according to this definition
- The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
Synonyms for desolate in the sense of this definition
(desolate is a kind of ...) destroy completely; damage irreparably
"You have ruined my car by pouring sugar in the tank!" "The tears ruined her make-up"(... is a kind of desolate ) reduce to ruins
"The country lay ruined after the war"Definition 3: leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch - [verb of cognition]Samples where desolate or its synonyms are used according to this definition
- The mother deserted her children
Synonyms for desolate in the sense of this definition
(desolate is a kind of ...) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
"She left a mess when she moved out" "His good luck finally left him" "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage" "she wept thinking she had been left behind" (... is a kind of desolate ) abandon by leaving out in the open air
"The infant was exposed by the teenage mother" "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned" (... is a kind of desolate ) leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval
"She walked out on her husband and children" (... is a kind of desolate ) forsake
"ditch a lover" (... is a kind of desolate ) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
"the travellers were marooned"
Samples where desolate or its synonyms are used according to this definition
- The mother deserted her children
Synonyms for desolate in the sense of this definition
(desolate is a kind of ...) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness
"She left a mess when she moved out" "His good luck finally left him" "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage" "she wept thinking she had been left behind"(... is a kind of desolate ) abandon by leaving out in the open air
"The infant was exposed by the teenage mother" "After Christmas, many pets get abandoned"(... is a kind of desolate ) leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval
"She walked out on her husband and children"(... is a kind of desolate ) forsake
"ditch a lover"(... is a kind of desolate ) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue
"the travellers were marooned"Definition 4: crushed by grief - [adjective satellite denoting all]Samples where desolate or its synonyms are used according to this definition
- depressed and desolate of soul
- a low desolate wail
(desolate is similar to ...) sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
"inconsolable when her son died"
Samples where desolate or its synonyms are used according to this definition
- depressed and desolate of soul
- a low desolate wail
(desolate is similar to ...) sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
"inconsolable when her son died"Definition 5: providing no shelter or sustenance - [adjective satellite denoting all]Samples where desolate or its synonyms are used according to this definition
- bare rocky hills
- barren lands
- the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
- the desolate surface of the moon
- a stark landscape
Synonyms for desolate in the sense of this definition
(desolate is similar to ...) unfavorable to life or growth
"the barren inhospitable desert" "inhospitable mountain areas"
Samples where desolate or its synonyms are used according to this definition
- bare rocky hills
- barren lands
- the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
- the desolate surface of the moon
- a stark landscape