Sekirov Dictionary

desolate

/ˈdɛs.ə.lət/

adjective 5
/ˈdɛsəleɪt/ verb 4
forms 6

adjective5

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Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
- I will make Jerusalem […] a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. — 1611
Barren and lifeless.
Dismal or dreary.
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Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
- He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.
Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.

desolate

/ˈdɛsəleɪt/

verb4

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to make a place empty of the people who live there
- York was so desolated just before the survey that it is not easy to estimate its ordinary population […] — 1891
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to destroy a place so completely that it is left in ruins
- Then Moath pointed where a cloud Of Locusts, from the desolated fields Of Syria, wing’d their way. — 1801
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to make someone so sad and lonely that they lose all hope
- It is not altogether uncommon to hear a reader whose heart has been desolated by the poignancy of a narrative complain that the writer is unemotional. — 1914
to leave a person or place forever and give them no more help or care

forms

desolated · desolating · desolates · desolatest · more desolate · most desolate

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