desolate

Letters that make desolate

s, a, o, d, e, l, t are letters that make 'desolate'

Words within desolate

DES, lat, sol, la, te, at, late, so, DE, LA, Ate, Sol, At, Es, La, Te, ola are words within 'desolate'


5 possible definitions for 'desolate'

Desolate as "cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly"

Under this definition, desolate is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

scourge, lay waste to, ravage, devastate, waste have the same meaning as 'desolate'

desolate as a type

'desolate' can be a type of ruin, destroy.

Types of desolate

ruin is a type of desolate.

Derivatives of desolate

nakedness, devastation, ruiner, undoer, waster, uprooter, ravage, desolation, depredation, scourge, curse, bane, nemesis, bareness, destroyer, ravaging, destruction, bleakness are derivatives of 'desolate'.


Desolate as "reduce in population"

Under this definition, desolate is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

depopulate has the same meaning as desolate

desolate as a type

'desolate' can be a type of shrink, reduce.

Derivatives of desolate

desolation, devastation, depopulation are derivatives of 'desolate'.


Desolate as "leave someone who needs or counts on you, leave in the lurch"

Under this definition, desolate is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

abandon, forsake, desert have the same meaning as 'desolate'

desolate as a type

'desolate' can be a type of leave.

Types of desolate

walk out, strand, ditch, maroon, expose are types of 'desolate'.

Derivatives of desolate

forsaking, defector, turncoat, deserter, forlornness, loneliness, desolation, apostate, ratter, recreant, renegade, desertion, abandonment, defection, giving up are derivatives of 'desolate'.


Desolate as "crushed by grief"

Under this definition, desolate is an adjective and has the following properties:

Similar to desolate

inconsolable, disconsolate, unconsolable are similar to 'desolate'.

Example of desolate used within this context

"depressed and desolate of soul", "a low desolate wail"


Desolate as "providing no shelter or sustenance"

Under this definition, desolate is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

barren, bleak, bare, stark have the same meaning as 'desolate'

Derivatives of desolate

nakedness, bareness, starkness, wasteland, fruitlessness, aridity, barrenness, barren, waste, desolation, bleakness are derivatives of 'desolate'.

Similar to desolate

inhospitable is similar to desolate.

Example of desolate used within this context

"bare rocky hills", "barren lands", "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes", "the desolate surface of the moon", "a stark landscape"



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