Definition of desolate Desolate

/dɛˈsʌlʌt/ - [desulut] - des•o•late

We found 23 definitions of desolate from 6 different sources.

What does desolate mean?

Adjective
desolate - crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"
desolate - providing no shelter or sustenance; "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"; "the desolate surface of the moon"; "a stark landscape"
		bare, barren, bleak, stark
		inhospitable unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"

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desolate (a.)
Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.
desolate (a.)
Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
desolate (a.)
Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
desolate (a.)
Lost to shame; dissolute.
desolate (a.)
Destitute of; lacking in.
desolate (v. t.)
To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
desolate (v. t.)
To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.

desolate
des′o-lāt, v.t. to make solitary: to deprive of inhabitants: to lay waste.—adj. solitary: destitute of inhabitants: laid waste.—adv. Des′olately.—ns. Des′olateness; Desolat′er, -or; Desolā′tion, waste: destruction: a place desolated.—adj. Des′olatory. [L. desolāre, -ātum—de, inten., and solāre, to make alone—solus, alone.]