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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024des•o•late /adj. ˈdɛsəlɪt; v. -ˌleɪt/USA pronunciation adj., v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. adj. - barren;
empty of people; deserted:a treeless, desolate landscape. - feeling lonely or hopeless;
forlorn:desolate over the loss of her job. v. [ ~ + obj] - to destroy, demolish, or devastate:coastal towns desolated by the storm.
- to make sad or distressed:desolated by the death of their good friend.
des•o•late•ly, adv. des•o•late•ness, n. [uncountable]See -sole-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024des•o•late (adj. des′ə lit;v. des′ə lāt′),USA pronunciation adj., v., -lat•ed, -lat•ing. adj. - barren or laid waste;
devastated:a treeless, desolate landscape. - deprived or destitute of inhabitants;
deserted; uninhabited. - solitary;
lonely:a desolate place. - having the feeling of being abandoned by friends or by hope;
forlorn. - dreary;
dismal; gloomy:desolate prospects. v.t. - to lay waste;
devastate. - to deprive of inhabitants;
depopulate. - to make disconsolate.
- to forsake or abandon.
- Latin dēsōlātus forsaken, past participle of dēsōlāre, equivalent. to dē- de- + sōlāre to make lonely, derivative of sōlus sole1; see -ate1
- Middle English 1325–75
des′o•late•ly, adv. des′o•late•ness, n. des′o•lat′er, des′o•la′tor, n. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ravaged.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged desert.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lonesome, lost; miserable, wretched, woebegone, woeful, inconsolable, cheerless, hopeless. Desolate, disconsolate, forlorn suggest one who is in a sad and wretched condition. The desolate person is deprived of human consolation, relationships, or presence:desolate and despairing.The disconsolate person is aware of the efforts of others to console and comfort, but is unable to be relieved or cheered by them:She remained disconsolate even in the midst of friends.The forlorn person is lost, deserted, or forsaken by friends:wretched and forlorn in a strange city.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ravage, ruin.
- 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged sadden, depress.
- 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged desert.
- 4.See corresponding entry in Unabridged delighted, happy.
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