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Desolate

//ˈdɛs.ə.lət//

Synonyms for "desolate" (227 found)

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Informal (30)

Adj, adv, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, name, noun, phrase, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(4 words)

crush sack ravage plunder

Verb, slang(2 words)

destroy run down

Adj, verb, slang(6 words)

shabby wasted cut up ruined incinerate destroyed

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(3 words)

miserable gloomy suicidal

Adj, name, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, slang(1 words)

General use (197)

Verb(38 words)

waste abandon desert ravage consume scourge condemn devour afflict annihilate demolish depress agonize inundate upheave vaporize embitter forsake devastate engorge

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aggrieve ravaged wreak havoc sadden deflower vandalize lay waste dishearten swallow up gobble up depredate leached sucked dry depopulate dispirit spoliate lay waste to dispeople

Adj, name, noun, verb(2 words)

Adjective(4 words)

bare stark barren bleak

Noun, verb(21 words)

ruin spoil torment wreck confound dissolve overwhelm torture raze break down sinking wrack despoil oppress pillage discourage dismay shipwreck decimate deject

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Adj, noun, verb(10 words)

empty desert derelict fallow unhappy remote downcast outcast celibate forlorn

Adj, verb(27 words)

prostrate abandoned somber isolated impoverished depressed exhausted drained crushed distressed deserted obliterate dejected destitute desecrate dispirited stricken neglected dried up forsaken

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gelded excruciate discouraged devastated depopulate ruinate unfriended

Adj, adv, intj, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun(12 words)

dreary dismal barren melancholy solitary impotent bleak dusky homeless disconsolate drear heartsore

Adjective(58 words)

jejune lifeless spiritless uncultivated hopeless sterile woeful arid uncouth ineffectual murky sorrowful mournful fruitless woebegone vacant helpless joyless cheerless lonely

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Name, noun, verb(3 words)

sorrow anguish grieve

Adj, adv(1 words)

Intj, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, name(1 words)

Name, verb(1 words)

dried-up sine prole without issue lay in ruins bring to ruin deal destruction gut with fire throw into disorder unleash destruction unleash the hurricane heart-stricken heart-struck bring to tears draw tears deep-troubled desole

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