Word Meaning

Meaning of desolate

- 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.
- 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.

Crossword clue for desolate

- Barren
- Bereft
- Devastate
- Uninhabited