Desolate(a.) Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.
Desolate(a.) Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
Desolate(a.) Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
Desolate(a.) Lost to shame; dissolute.
Desolate(a.) Destitute of; lacking in.
Desolate(v. t.) To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
Desolate(v. t.) To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
Desolated(imp. & p. p.) of Desolate
Desolately(adv.) In a desolate manner.
Desolateness(n.) The state of being desolate.
Desolating(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Desolate
Desolation(n.) The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
Desolation(n.) The state of being desolated or laid waste; ruin; solitariness; destitution; gloominess.
Desolation(n.) A place or country wasted and forsaken.
Desolator(n.) Same as Desolater.
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