All desolate synonyms
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D d adj desolate
- depressed β If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
- lonely β affected with, characterized by, or causing a depressing feeling of being alone; lonesome.
- uninhabited β having inhabitants; occupied; lived in or on: an inhabited island.
- isolated β compact
- dreary β causing sadness or gloom.
- bare β If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- lonesome β depressed or sad because of the lack of friends, companionship, etc.; lonely: to feel lonesome.
- derelict β A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
- bleak β If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.
- forlorn β desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- abandoned β An abandoned place or building is no longer used or occupied.
- forsaken β past participle of forsake.
- ruined β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- destroyed β to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
- waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- blue β Something that is blue is the colour of the sky on a sunny day.
- dejected β If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.
- down β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- black β lacking hue and brightness; absorbing light without reflecting any of the rays composing it.
- hurting β to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
adjective desolate
- deserted β abandoned; forsaken: the problems of deserted wives and children.
- barren β A barren landscape is dry and bare, and has very few plants and no trees.
- unused β not used; not put to use: an unused room.
- unhappy β sad; miserable; wretched: Why is she so unhappy?
- despondent β If you are despondent, you are very unhappy because you have been experiencing difficulties that you think you will not be able to overcome.
- sad β Systems Analysis Definition
- companionless β Without a companion; friendless, alone.
- depressing β Something that is depressing makes you feel sad and disappointed.
- austere β If you describe something as austere, you approve of its plain and simple appearance.
- forbidding β grim; unfriendly; hostile; sinister: his forbidding countenance.
- unwelcome β a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
- grim β stern and admitting of no appeasement or compromise: grim determination; grim necessity.
verb desolate
- destroy β To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- ravage β to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- depopulate β To depopulate an area means to greatly reduce the number of people living there.
- desecrate β If someone desecrates something which is considered to be holy or very special, they deliberately damage or insult it.
- despoil β To despoil a place means to make it less attractive, valuable, or important by taking things away from it or by destroying it.
- devastate β If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.
- devour β If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.
- pillage β to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
- plunder β to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- sack β a strong light-colored wine formerly imported from Spain and the Canary Islands.
- depredate β to plunder or destroy; pillage
- lay low β situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- lay waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- spoliate β to rob, plunder, or despoil
adverb desolate
- shag β this dance step.
- by oneself β be oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.