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Another word for desolate

Adjective

  1. Empty of people

    2. See also:

    full

  2. Dark and depressing

    3. See also:

    light

    happy

  3. Having been given up and left alone

    4. See also:

    keep

  4. Dejected due to the awareness of being alone

    5. See also:

    happy

  5. In low spirits

    6. Idioms:
    See also:

    happy

Another word for desolate

Verb

  1. To destroy completely as or as if by conquering

    2. Idioms:
    See also:

    help

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Another word for desolate

Modifier

  1. Left unused

    2. See also:

    isolated

    bleak

    abandoned

  2. Gloomy

    3. See also:

    sad

    dismal

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Sentence Examples

  • How very desolate must that one be.

  • It was a desolate wasteland except for some grazing sheep.

  • Wilson said kindly: "Why, my boy, you look desolate."

  • What can have made something so desolate so very fair?

  • The feeling is not desolate, but promises impending revelation.

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