DESOLATE

desolate

Verb

  1. To deprive of inhabitants.
  2. To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
  3. To abandon or forsake something.
  4. To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

Adjective

  1. Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
    a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house
  2. Barren and lifeless.
  3. Made unfit for habitation or use; laid waste; neglected; destroyed.
    desolate altars
  4. Dismal or dreary.
  5. Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
    He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.


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