desolate in English

adjective

1

(of a place) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.

a desolate moor

synonyms: bleak, stark, bare, dismal, grim, wild, inhospitable, deserted, uninhabited, godforsaken, abandoned, unpeopled, untenanted, empty, barren, unfrequented, unvisited, isolated, remote

verb

1

make (a place) bleakly and depressingly empty or bare.

the droughts that desolated the dry plains

synonyms: devastate, ravage, ruin, lay waste to, level, raze, demolish, wipe out, obliterate

adjective

bleak, stark, bare, dismal, grim, wild, inhospitable, deserted, uninhabited, godforsaken, abandoned, unpeopled, untenanted, empty, barren, unfrequented, unvisited, isolated, remote
miserable, despondent, depressed, disconsolate, devastated, despairing, inconsolable, broken-hearted, grief-stricken, crushed, bereft, sad, unhappy, downcast, down, dejected, forlorn, upset, distressed, blue, cut up
barren, bleak, bare, stark

verb

devastate, dishearten, abandon, depopulate
devastate, ravage, ruin, lay waste to, level, raze, demolish, wipe out, obliterate
dishearten, depress, sadden, cast down, make miserable, weigh down, crush, upset, distress, devastate, shatter
abandon, desert, forsake
devastate, waste, scourge, ravage
depopulate

Use "desolate" in a sentence

1. Yes, it is worth it, because the alternative is to have our “houses” left unto us “desolate”—desolate individuals, desolate families, desolate neighborhoods, and desolate nations.

2. Our desolate shore.

3. Did Judah Remain Desolate?

4. A Desolate Land Rejoices

5. He has made me desolate.

6. The landscape was quite desolate.

7. He was desolate without her.

8. The land was left desolate.

9. It's a very desolate place.

10. The little children were left desolate.

11. The house stands desolate and empty.

12. Desolate Pluto is inserted full ensign.

13. It sure is desolate out here.

14. The desolate quietness was almost painful.

15. The town has a desolate visage.

16. 4 The town has a desolate visage.

17. And the land is ruined and desolate;+

18. 10 The city is empty, desolate, devastated!

19. Or possibly, “is left to you desolate.”

20. But behind it is a desolate wilderness,

21. And Eʹdom will be a desolate wilderness,+

22. He looked as desolate as Ruth felt.

23. But downtown is desolate with empty storefronts.

24. Why thou art desolate , can e'er return.

25. Jerusalem will be “cleaned out” and laid desolate.

26. And she will sit on the ground desolate.”

27. Bouvet Island, desolate, inaccessible and almost entirely icebound.

28. The little mining town was desolate and ugly.

29. She was utterly desolate after losing her baby.

30. We all felt absolutely desolate when she left.

31. Let us desolate it as far as Noʹphah;

32. Even the waters of Nimʹrim will become desolate.

33. Jerusalem is to lie desolate for 70 years.

34. He has been desolate since his wife died.

35. By the fourth century B.C.E., Edom lay desolate.

36. Their land had lain desolate for seven decades.

37. All her gates are desolate;+ her priests are sighing.

38. I will make you desolate, a land without inhabitants.”

39. He was by turns hurt, confused, angry, and desolate.

40. My sons are desolate, for the enemy has prevailed.

41. The moors looked bleak and desolate in the rain.

42. The house stood in a bleak and desolate landscape.

43. My companions glanced around skeptically at the desolate location.

44. Young and still volcanically active, it's a desolate place.

45. But she who had many sons has become desolate.

46. She felt desolate when her closest friend moved away.

47. The house was desolate, ready to be torn down.

48. Loneliness affects people who are fully functional but feel desolate.

49. 17 The moors looked bleak and desolate in the rain.

50. 3 The house stood in a bleak and desolate landscape.