Desolates

Synonyms for "desolates" (458 found)

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Closest matches (92)

depopulate bleak cheerless comfortless desert despoil destroy destroyed devastate dreary forlorn forsaken inconsolable lonely miserable ravage ravaged ruined solitary unfrequented

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uninhabited waste wretched abandon abandoned acarpous acheronian afflict aggrieve agonize alone anguish annihilate arid bare barren black break down bring to ruin bring to tears celibate

Verb(19 words)

depopulate devastate ravage waste dash abandon aerosolize aggrieve annihilate atomize attrist begloom begrieve benothing besorrow bewreck blot out blotto bring down

Adjective(29 words)

forlorn cheerless disconsolate dismal doleful dolesome forsaken gloomy joyless lugubrious melancholy miserable saturnine solemn sombre spiritless sullen uncheerful uncheery unhappy

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woeful abandoned atrabiliary atrabilious beingless bleak blitheless blue bummed out

Adjective(3 words)

bare barren bleak

Strong matches (137)

Adjective(41 words)

chapfallen chopfallen comfortless crestfallen cut up damp dark dearthful dejected depressed depressing derelict desert deserted despondent devastated dire discarded disgruntled disheartened

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disinhabited dispirited down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome drear drearisome dreary dreich dropped dull elegiac elegious empty forbidding gayless gloomsome glum

childless companionless condemn confound consume crush crushed cut up damn dark daunt deal destruction decimate deep-troubled defenseless deflower deject dejected demolish depredate

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Verb(29 words)

contristate cripple damage darken decompose deject demolish depeople depress desert destroy diffuse disintegrate dispeople disperse dispirit dissolve eliminate engrieve eradicate

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erase exterminate extinguish extirpate forsake forset fuck get down give up

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Adjective(72 words)

gray grief-stricken grieving grim heartsick heartsore heavy-hearted high and dry humorless inconsolable infelicitous inhabitantless inhabited jawfallen jokeless lachrymose lack-laughter lamentful left behind lifeless

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grieve gut gut with fire havoc heart-stricken heart-struck heartsick heartsore helpless homeless hopeless impotent impoverished incinerate ineffectual infecund infertile inhospitable inundate isolated

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Verb(46 words)

grieve grieven harry jazz lay waste lay waste to level liquidate moan nuke obliterate oppress overthrow overturn pain pull down pulverize race ravel raze

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relinquish remove repent rue ruin sadden sadden up scourge stamp out subvert total tristitiate unbreed unexist ungladden unhappy unmake unpeople unpopulate uproot upset vacate wipe off wipe out withsake wreck

Adjective(1 words)

stark

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