Definition for Desolate:

• Desolateness.

Synonyms for Desolate:

• adj.

  •abandoned (adjective)
  • forsaken.
  •brokenhearted (adjective)
  • inconsolable,
  • heartsick,
  • wretched,
  • heartsore.
  •depressed (adjective)
  • heavy-hearted,
  • dysphoric,
  • melancholic,
  • tristful.
  •depressed, despondent (adjective)
  • down,
  • comfortless,
  • hurting,
  • black,
  • gloomy,
  • blue,
  • dejected,
  • Companionless,
  • in a blue funk,
  • dolorous,
  • funereal.
  •unused, barren (adjective)
  • unoccupied,
  • empty,
  • solitary,
  • vacant.

• n.

  •
  • clear,
  • blank,
  • hollow,
  • isolated,
  • uncrowded.
  •
  • keep.
  •
  • melancholy,
  • downcast,
  • sad.
  •
  • help.
  •desolate (noun)
  • forsake,
  • destroyed,
  • ruined,
  • godforsaken,
  • devastated,
  • abandon,
  • lay waste to,
  • blasted,
  • waste,
  • desolated,
  • wasted,
  • unconsolable,
  • inhospitable.

• v.

  •destroy (verb)
  • eradicate,
  • disintegrate,
  • flatten,
  • rip to shreds,
  • extirpate,
  • bulldoze,
  • tear down,
  • pulverize,
  • abolish,
  • dismantle,
  • demolish,
  • level,
  • annihilate,
  • mow down,
  • decimate,
  • smash,
  • raze,
  • vaporize,
  • wreck,
  • exterminate,
  • atomize,
  • lay waste.
  •ravage, destroy (verb)
  • plunder,
  • devour,
  • ruin,
  • Depredate,
  • lay low.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tenebrific,
  • abandoned.
  •
  • dreary,
  • bereft,
  • somber,
  • sterile,
  • wild.
  •
  • joyless,
  • glum.
  •
  • dark.
  •barren
  • arid.
  •destroy
  • swallow up,
  • break down,
  • liquidate,
  • laid waste.
  •in low spirits
  • dull,
  • wistful,
  • downhearted,
  • unhappy,
  • spiritless,
  • depressed,
  • dispirited,
  • low.

Paraphrases for Desolate:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    deserted.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    bleak, devastating, disappointing.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    derelict, barren, abandoned, distressing, disused, empty.

Antonyms for Desolate:

• adj.

  • depressed, despondent
    joyous, clean.
  • unused, barren
    inhabited, used, protected, restored, cultivated, Befriended, saved, bright, cheerful, cherished, pleasant, full, populated, pleased, intact, happy, loved.
  • Other antonyms:
    hospitable, saved, heartwarming, attended, rescued, consolable, hopeful, arable, redeemed, encouraging, optimistic, recovered, accompanied, lighthearted, rehabilitated, rich, reclaimed, tillable, rehabbed, verdant, green, restored, productive, reconditioned, sunshiny, lightsome, comforting, sylvan, fruitful, friendly, cordial, luxuriant, salvaged, fertile, lush, buoyant.

• v.

  • ravage, destroy
    create, construct, protect, improve, save, build.

Homophones for Desolate:

• desalt, Decollate, docility, dazzled, dissolute, dogsled, de-escalate, disloyalty, deckled, decollete, dishcloth, dog sled.