Dutch Meaning of desolate

woest

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Definitions and Meaning of desolate in English

Wordnet

desolate (v)

leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

reduce in population

cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

Wordnet

desolate (s)

providing no shelter or sustenance

crushed by grief

Webster

desolate (a.)

Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.

Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.

Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.

Lost to shame; dissolute.

Destitute of; lacking in.

Webster

desolate (v. t.)

To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.

To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.

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