DESOLATE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • devastate or ravage
   Synonym(s)
   • devastate (what does devastate mean?)
   • lay waste to (what does lay waste to mean?)
   • ravage (what does ravage mean?)
   • scourge (what does scourge mean?)
   • waste (what does waste mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
   Hypernyms(s) desolate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • destroy (what does destroy mean?)
   • ruin (what does ruin mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • ruin (what does ruin mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • bane (what does bane mean?)
   • curse (what does curse mean?)
   • scourge (what does scourge mean?)
   • nemesis (what does nemesis mean?)
   • ravage (what does ravage mean?)
   • depredation (what does depredation mean?)
   • ravaging (what does ravaging mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • bleakness (what does bleakness mean?)
   • desolation (what does desolation mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • desolation (what does desolation mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • desolation (what does desolation mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • desolation (what does desolation mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • desolation (what does desolation mean?)
   • ravaging (what does ravaging mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • destruction (what does destruction mean?)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • destroyer (what does destroyer mean?)
   • ruiner (what does ruiner mean?)
   • undoer (what does undoer mean?)
   • waster (what does waster mean?)
   • uprooter (what does uprooter mean?)
2. Meaning
   • reduce in population
   Synonym(s)
   • depopulate (what does depopulate mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The epidemic depopulated the countryside
   Hypernyms(s) desolate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • shrink (what does shrink mean?)
   • reduce (what does reduce mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • devastation (what does devastation mean?)
   • desolation (what does desolation mean?)
   • depopulation (what does depopulation mean?)
3. Meaning
   • leave someone who needs or counts on you
   • leave in the lurch
   Synonym(s)
   • abandon (what does abandon mean?)
   • desert (what does desert mean?)
   • forsake (what does forsake mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • The mother deserted her children
   Hypernyms(s) desolate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • leave (what does leave mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • expose (what does expose mean?)
   • walk out (what does walk out mean?)
   • ditch (what does ditch mean?)
   • maroon (what does maroon mean?)
   • strand (what does strand mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • desertion (what does desertion mean?)
   • abandonment (what does abandonment mean?)
   • defection (what does defection mean?)
   • deserter (what does deserter mean?)
   • apostate (what does apostate mean?)
   • renegade (what does renegade mean?)
   • turncoat (what does turncoat mean?)
   • recreant (what does recreant mean?)
   • ratter (what does ratter mean?)
   • deserter (what does deserter mean?)
   • defector (what does defector mean?)
   • forlornness (what does forlornness mean?)
   • loneliness (what does loneliness mean?)
   • desolation (what does desolation mean?)
   • forsaking (what does forsaking mean?)
   • giving up (what does giving up mean?)
   • desertion (what does desertion mean?)
   • abandonment (what does abandonment mean?)
   • defection (what does defection mean?)

DESOLATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • made uninhabitable
   Synonym(s)
   • blasted (what does blasted mean?)
   • desolated (what does desolated mean?)
   • devastated (what does devastated mean?)
   • ravaged (what does ravaged mean?)
   • ruined (what does ruined mean?)
   • wasted (what does wasted mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • upon this blasted heath- Shakespeare
   • a wasted landscape
   Similar To
   • destroyed (what does destroyed mean?)
2. Meaning
   • pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment
   Synonym(s)
   • forlorn (what does forlorn mean?)
   • godforsaken (what does godforsaken mean?)
   • lorn (what does lorn mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • desolate and despairing
   • left forlorn
   Similar To
   • forsaken (what does forsaken mean?)
3. Meaning
   • crushed by grief
   Usage Example(s)
   • depressed and desolate of soul
   • a low desolate wail
   Similar To
   • inconsolable (what does inconsolable mean?)
   • disconsolate (what does disconsolate mean?)
   • unconsolable (what does unconsolable mean?)
4. Meaning
   • providing no shelter or sustenance
   Synonym(s)
   • bare (what does bare mean?)
   • barren (what does barren mean?)
   • bleak (what does bleak mean?)
   • stark (what does stark mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • bare rocky hills
   • barren lands
   • the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes
   • the desolate surface of the moon
   • a stark landscape
   Similar To
   • inhospitable (what does inhospitable mean?)