Desolate Synonyms and Antonyms

dĕsə-lĭt, dĕz-
Empty of people
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. deserted
  2. forlorn
  3. godforsaken
  4. lonely
  5. lonesome
  6. unfrequented
Gloomy
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dismal
  2. forlorn
  3. black
  4. bleak
  5. blue
  6. downcast
  7. cheerless
  8. dark
  9. melancholy
  10. dreary
  11. gloomy
  12. glum
  13. joyless
  14. dolorous
  15. somber
  16. tenebrific
  17. unconsolable
Antonyms:
  1. happy
  2. cheerful
  3. pleased
Left unused
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. abandoned
  2. deserted
  3. forsaken
  4. bereft
  5. derelict
  6. uninhabited
  7. forlorn
  8. laid-waste
  9. lorn
Antonyms:
  1. used
  2. populated
  3. cultivated
Dejected due to the awareness of being alone
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. forlorn
  2. lonely
  3. lonesome
  4. lorn
In low spirits
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. dejected
  2. barren
  3. melancholy
  4. stark
  5. blue
  6. depressed
  7. dispirited
  8. down
  9. abandoned
  10. downcast
  11. downhearted
  12. dull
  13. broken-hearted
  14. dysphoric
  15. gloomy
  16. devastated
  17. bare
  18. heavy-hearted
  19. dreary
  20. low
  21. inconsolable
  22. melancholic
  23. sad
  24. ruined
  25. spiritless
  26. run down
  27. tristful
  28. solitary
  29. unhappy
  30. wistful
  31. triste
  32. used
  33. waste
  34. bleak
  35. wasted
Reduce in population
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. depopulate
  2. dispeople
  3. unpeople
Feeling, showing, causing, or expressing sadness or loneliness.
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. sad

Words Related to Desolate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Desolate Sentence Examples

  • How very desolate must that one be.

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

  • It presents a desolate appearance.

  • The desolate wilderness is bounded only by the distant Red Sea.

  • Babylon will be left desolate without a single inhabitant.

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