- desolate⇄adj. 1. not producing anything; laid waste; devastated; barren.
Ex. desolate land.
(SYN) ravaged.
2. not lived in; deserted.
Ex. a desolate house.
(SYN) uninhabited.
3. unhappy; forlorn; wretched.
Ex. The hun - desolate⇄adv. desolately.
- desolate⇄desolate, adjective, verb, -lated,-lating.
- desolate⇄noun desolateness.
- desolate⇄v.t. 1. to make unfit to live in; lay waste.
Ex. The Vikings desolated the lands they attacked.
(SYN) devastate.
2. to make unhappy or forlorn.
Ex. We are desolated to hear that you are going away.
3. to deprive of inhabi