The town was desolate after the flood.
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Desolate
//ˈdɛs.ə.lət//
Synonyms for "desolate" (458 found)
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Closest matches (92)
Verb(19 words)
Strong matches (137)
Adjective(41 words)
childlesscompanionlesscondemnconfoundconsumecrushcrushedcut updamndarkdauntdeal destructiondecimatedeep-troubleddefenselessdeflowerdejectdejecteddemolishdepredate
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depressdepresseddesecratedeserteddesoledespondentdestitutedevastateddevourdisconsolatediscouragediscourageddisheartendismaldismaydispeopledispiritdispiriteddissolvedistresseddowndowncastdownhearteddrabdraineddraw tearsdreardried updried-updryduskyembitteremptyengorgeexcruciateexhaustedfallowfatherlessfriendlessfruitlessfunerealgauntgeldedgloomygobblegobble upgodforsaken
Related words (229)
Adjective(72 words)
graygrief-strickengrievinggrimheartsickheartsoreheavy-heartedhigh and dryhumorlessinconsolableinfelicitousinhabitantlessinhabitedjawfallenjokelesslachrymoselack-laughterlamentfulleft behindlifeless
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lowlow-spiritedlumpishmelancholicmirthlessmoodymopeymorosemournfulno jokeorphanedpassionatepeoplelessplaintivequerulousravagedsadsaddenedscruntysereshatteredsolitarysombersorrow-riddensorrowfulsorrowsomesterilesternsunlesstenantlessthreneticthreneticaltristetristfulunconsolableunhabiteduninhabitedunlivelyunmerryunmirthfulunoccupiedunpeopledunpopulateduntenantedvacantwastedwastefulwintrywistfulwoewoebegonewretched
grievegutgut with firehavocheart-strickenheart-struckheartsickheartsorehelplesshomelesshopelessimpotentimpoverishedincinerateineffectualinfecundinfertileinhospitableinundateisolated
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issuelessjejunejoylesskithlesslaid wastelay in ruinslay wastelay waste toleachedlonesomelow-spiritedmelancholymenopausalmotherlessmournfulmurkyneglectednonfertilenonproducingnonproductivenonprolificobliterateoppressoutcastoverwhelmpilagepillageplunderpoorpoverty-strickenprostraterazeremoteruinruinaterun downsacksadsaddenshabbyshipwrecksicksick at heartsine prolesinkingsombersorrowsorrowfulsoul-sickspiritlessspoilspoliatesterilestrickenstripsucked drysuicidalswallow upteemlessthrow into disordertormenttortureunconsolableuncouthuncultivatedunfertileunfriendedunfruitfulunhappyunleash destructionunleash the hurricaneunoccupiedunpeopleunplowedunproductiveunprolificunsownuntilledupheavevacantvandalizevaporizevirginwastedwithout issuewoebegonewoefulwrackwreak havocwreck
Verb(46 words)
Adjective(1 words)
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5 entriesSynonyms
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1 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
20 entriesShowing 16 of 20 words.
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6 entriesTranslations
171 translations across 37 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἔρημος adj (deserted)
Armenian
4 entries- ամայի adj (deserted)
- ամայի adj (barren / lifeless)
- անբնակ adj (deserted)
- անմխիթար adj (hopeless)
Aromanian
1 entries- ermu (roa-rup) adj (deserted)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- boş adj (deserted)
- məskun olmayan adj (deserted)
- tənha adj (deserted)
- yalqız adj (deserted)
Bikol Central
4 entries- makapungaw adj (deserted)
- makapungaw adj (barren / lifeless)
- makapungaw adj (unfit for habitation)
- makapungaw adj (dismal)
Bulgarian
4 entries- безлюден adj (deserted)
- безнадежден adj (hopeless)
- безутешен adj (hopeless)
- необитаван adj (deserted)
Catalan
4 entries- abandonat adj (unfit for habitation)
- abatut adj (hopeless)
- desert adj (barren / lifeless)
- desolat adj (deserted)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 荒涼 /荒凉 adj (deserted)
Danish
4 entries- fortvivlet adj (hopeless)
- trøstesløs adj (dismal)
- ubeboet adj (deserted)
- ulykkelig adj (hopeless)
Esperanto
3 entries- dezerta adj (deserted)
- dezerta adj (barren / lifeless)
- dezerta adj (unfit for habitation)
Estonian
2 entries- hüljatud adj (deserted)
- kõle adj (barren / lifeless)
Finnish
4 entries- autioittaa verb (to deprive of inhabitants)
- hylätä verb (to abandon or forsake)
- hävittää verb (to devastate or lay waste)
- masentaa verb (to make sad, forlorn and hopeless)
French
3 entries- désert adj (deserted)
- désoler verb (to make sad, forlorn and hopeless)
- ravager verb (to deprive of inhabitants)
Georgian
1 entries- ტიალი adj (deserted)
German
4 entries- trostlos adj (hopeless)
- verlassen adj (deserted)
- verlassen adj (unfit for habitation)
- öde adj (dismal)
Gothic
3 entries- 𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌻𐍃 adj (deserted)
- 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 adj (deserted)
- 𐌰𐌿𐌸𐌴𐌹𐍃 adj (barren / lifeless)
Greek
4 entries- άγονος adj (barren / lifeless)
- έρημος adj (deserted)
- έρημος adj (barren / lifeless)
- ακατοίκητος adj (unfit for habitation)
Hindi
4 entries- उजाड़ adj (unfit for habitation)
- निर्जन adj (deserted)
- बंजर adj (barren / lifeless)
- वीरान adj (deserted)
Hungarian
4 entries- elhagyatott adj (deserted)
- kihalt adj (barren / lifeless)
- lakhatatlan adj (unfit for habitation)
- reménytelen adj (hopeless)
Icelandic
4 entries- auðnarlegur adj (barren / lifeless)
- auður adj (deserted)
- ber adj (barren / lifeless)
- eyðilegur adj (barren / lifeless)
Italian
4 entries- abbandonato adj (unfit for habitation)
- deserto adj (deserted)
- desolato adj (deserted)
- nero adj (dismal)
Japanese
4 entries- 寂しい adj (dismal)
- 寂れた adj (deserted)
- 寂れた adj (barren / lifeless)
- 絶望的な adj (hopeless)
Latin
2 entries- vastus adj (deserted)
- vastus adj (barren / lifeless)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- pusty adj (deserted)
Māori
3 entries- hahore adj (barren / lifeless)
- rohai adj (deserted)
- tūhea adj (deserted)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- forlatt adj (deserted)
- forlatt adj (unfit for habitation)
- utrøstelig adj (hopeless)
- øde adj (deserted)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- aud adj (deserted)
- forlaten adj (deserted)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- خراب adj (deserted)
- خراب adj (barren / lifeless)
- خراب adj (unfit for habitation)
- ویران adj (deserted)
Persian
1 entries- خالی از سکنه verb (to deprive of inhabitants)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- eed adj (barren / lifeless)
- eed adj (unfit for habitation)
Portuguese
4 entries- desabitado adj (deserted)
- deserto adj (deserted)
- desolado adj (deserted)
- desolado adj (barren / lifeless)
Romanian
2 entries- abandonat adj (deserted)
- deșert adj (deserted)
Russian
4 entries- безнадёжный adj (hopeless)
- необитаемый adj (deserted)
- оскуде́вший adj (barren / lifeless)
- поки́нутый adj (deserted)
Slovene
3 entries- opustel adj (deserted)
- pust adj (barren / lifeless)
- zapuščen adj (deserted)
Spanish
4 entries- desierto adj (deserted)
- desierto adj (barren / lifeless)
- desolado adj (deserted)
- desolado adj (barren / lifeless)
Swedish
1 entries- öde adj (deserted)
Ukrainian
3 entries- безлюдний adj (deserted)
- опустілий adj (deserted)
- спустілий adj (deserted)
Sample sentences
28 total sentences available.
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.
Source: tatoeba (4909874)
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