Desolate

/ˈdɛs.ə.lət/

Synonyms for "desolate" (266 found)

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Closest matches (54)

Adjective(11 words)

barren bleakarid valleybarebarren soilbarrenestbleak outlookbleaker bleakestcold desertdepopulate

Verb(2 words)

abandoned acarpous acheronian afflict aggrieve agonize alone anguish annihilate arid bare barren black bleakbreak downbring to ruinbring to tearscelibate cheerless childless

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comfortless condemn confound consume crush crushedcut updamn dark dauntdeal destructiondecimate deep-troubled defenseless deflower deject dejected demolish depopulate depredate depress

Strong matches (79)

Adjective(13 words)

depress deserteddeserted landdeserted sitedesertlikedesertlike silencedesertlike terraindevastate devastating discourage empty forlorn forsaken

depressed derelict desecrate desert deserted desole despoil despondent destitute destroy destroyed devastate devastated devour disconsolate discourage discouraged dishearten dismal dismay

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dispeople dispirit dispirited dissolve distressed down downcast downhearted drab draineddraw tearsdrear drearydried updried-up dry dusky embitter empty engorge excruciate exhausted fallow fatherless forlorn forsaken friendless fruitless funereal gaunt gelded gloomy gobblegobble upgodforsaken grieve gutgut with firehavoc

Verb(6 words)

desert desolating devastate forsake glooming gutted

Noun(1 words)

desert life description

Related words (133)

heart-stricken heart-struck heartsick heartsore helpless homeless hopeless impotent impoverished incinerate inconsolable ineffectual infecund infertile inundate isolated issueless jejune joyless kithless

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lay in ruinslay wasteleached lifeless lonely low-spirited melancholy menopausal miserable moody motherless mournful murky neglected nonfertile nonproducing nonproductive nonprolific obliterate oppress outcast overwhelm pillage plunder poor poverty-stricken prostrate ravage ravaged raze remote ruin ruinate ruinedrun downsack sad sadden shabby shipwreck sicksick at heartsine prolesinking solitary somber sorrow sorrowful soul-sick spiritless spoil spoliate sterile stricken stripsucked drysuicidalswallow upteemlessthrow into disordertorment torture unconsolable uncouth uncultivated unfertile unfrequented unfriended unfruitful unhappy uninhabitedunleash destructionunleash the hurricaneunoccupied unpeople unplowed unproductive unprolific unsown untilled upheave vacant vandalize vaporize virgin waste wastedwithout issuewoebegone woeful wrackwreak havocwreck wretched

Adjective(14 words)

heathlike hopeless isolate leafless lonelier loneliest lonely lornnarrative lonelinesspiteous ruin saddest stark unpeopled

Verb(5 words)

lay waste toravage scourge sepulchered waste

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

10 entries

destroyemotional stateempty placefeeling leave reduce ruin shrinkuninhabited area

More specific

12 entries

abandon alienatebarren landscapedespairghost townisolate loneliness melancholy obliterate razeruined areawreck

Collocations

9 entries

desolate areadesolate coastdesolate futuredesolate landscapedesolate mooddesolate regiondesolate ruinsdesolate towndesolate wasteland

Inflections

5 entries

desolated desolates desolatingmore desolatemost desolate

Derivations

5 entries

desolated desolately desolates desolating desolation

similar

4 entries

disconsolate inconsolable inhospitable unconsolable

Sample sentences

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The town was desolate after the flood.

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If one does not have a hobby, his life may be desolate.

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It echoed desolate.

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It was a thoroughly desolate landscape, without a soul in sight.

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