desolately Antonyms
Strongest:
- cheerful
- joyous
- gay
- cordial
- jolly
- comforting
- festive
- friendly
- buoyant
- jolly
- joyous
- sunshiny
- bright
- cheery
- cheerful
- friendly
- merry
- joyful
- sunshiny
- merry
- bright
- gay
- buoyant
- comforting
- cheery
- joyful
- gay
- cordial
- gay
- festive
Strong:
- heartwarming
- blithesome
- optimistic
- encouraging
- hopeful
- cheering
- encouraging
- mirthful
- cheering
- blithe
- mirthful
- jocund
- heartwarming
- blithe
- optimistic
- hopeful
- jocund
- blithesome
Weak:
Strongest:
- darkening
- grey
- cold
- somber
- murky
- solemn
- morbid
- lonesome
- gray
- depressive
- lonely
- dark
- bleak
- depressing
Strong:
- drear
- godforsaken
- disconsolate
- wretched
- sombre
- sepulchral
- sad
- saturnine
- miserable
- oppressive
- cloudy
- lugubrious
- morose
- funereal
- dismal
- depressed
- glum
- elegiac
- black
- forlorn
- tenebrous
- gloomy
- desperate
- sullen
- unhappy
- dreary
- chill
- cheerless
- blue
- dire
- melancholy
- comfortless
Weak:
- low
- colorless
- dispiriting
- hangdog
- distressful
- sorrowful
- threatening
- dreich
- discomfiting
- upsetting
- droopy
- plutonian
- down
- dim
- sunless
- distressing
- drab
- despondent
- disheartening
- mournful
- grim
- dull
- mirthless
- inconsolable
- cimmerian
- tenebrific
- menacing
- plaintive
- woebegone
- negative
- melancholic
- hopeless
- dismaying
- discouraging
- lamentable
- pessimistic
- elegiacal
- woeful
- dour
- dejected
Meaning of desolately
desolately (r)
in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects
desolately (adv.)
In a desolate manner.
desolately Sentence Examples
- Standing alone in the graveyard, he looked around desolately at the rows of tombstones.
- As the sun set, she walked desolately along the empty beach, lost in thought.
- He sat desolately at the bus stop, waiting for a ride that seemed never to arrive.
- The old man stared desolately out of the window, longing for the days gone by.
- She gazed desolately at the burned-out remains of her home, tears welling in her eyes.
- Walking through the abandoned town, he felt desolately aware of the silence that enveloped everything.
- With a desolately empty feeling in his chest, he realized he had missed his chance to say goodbye.
- Despite the festive decorations, the room felt desolately quiet without her laughter.
- The old dog sat desolately by the door, waiting for his owner to return.
- Looking at the once lively park now desolately empty, she felt a pang of sadness.
FAQs About the word desolately
in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospectsIn a desolate manner.
darkening, grey, cold, somber, murky, solemn, morbid, lonesome, gray, depressive
cheerful, joyous, gay, cordial, jolly, comforting, festive, friendly, buoyant, jolly
Standing alone in the graveyard, he looked around desolately at the rows of tombstones.
As the sun set, she walked desolately along the empty beach, lost in thought.
He sat desolately at the bus stop, waiting for a ride that seemed never to arrive.
The old man stared desolately out of the window, longing for the days gone by.
