What is another word for desolate?
1398 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dˈɛsələt], [ dˈɛsələt], [ d_ˈɛ_s_ə_l_ə_t]
Desolate is a word that is often used to describe a place that is bleak and uninhabited. However, there are numerous synonyms that can be used to describe the same meaning. Some of the common synonyms that can be used for desolate include barren, bleak, dreary, forlorn, lifeless, lonely, uncanny, and uninhabitable. Other synonyms for desolate may include abandoned, deserted, despondent, isolated, empty, void, and unpopulated. Each of these synonyms conveys the same sense of emptiness or vacancy, but with different connotations. Choosing the right synonym for desolate can help better convey the intended meaning of the text.
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Similar words for desolate:
- brokenhearted (adjective)
- inconsolable (adjective)
- lorn (adjective)
- melancholic (adjective)
- scrubby (adjective)
- unfrequented (adjective)
- unknown (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- alone (adjective)
- bare (adjective)
- barren (adjective)
- bleak (adjective)
- cheerless (adjective)
- depressed, despondent (adjective)
- derelict (adjective)
- desert (adjective)
- deserted (adjective)
- disconsolate (adjective)
- dismal (adjective)
- drab (adjective)
- dusky (adjective)
- empty (adjective)
- forlorn (adjective)
- forsaken (adjective)
- gaunt (adjective)
- gloomy (adjective)
- heavy-hearted (adjective)
- homeless (adjective)
- lonely (adjective)
- miserable (adjective)
- run-down (adjective)
- shabby (adjective)
- solitary (adjective)
- stark (adjective)
- sterile (adjective)
- stricken (adjective)
- tragic (adjective)
- uncreative (adjective)
- uninhabited (adjective)
- unused, barren (adjective)
- wild (adjective)
- wintry (adjective)
- solitarily (adverb)
- cast down (noun)
- desolate (noun)
- not cultivated (noun)
- depress (verb)
- desecrate (verb)
- despoil (verb)
- destroy (verb)
- devastate (verb)
- distress (verb)
- harrow (verb)
- ravage (verb)
- ravage, destroy (verb)
- sadden (verb)
- spoil (verb)
- wreak havoc (verb)
- barren
- depress
- deserted
- destroy
- forlorn
- forsaken
- gloomy
- in low spirits
- overwhelmed
- waste
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (adverb)
Synonyms for Desolate:
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adj.
• brokenhearted • inconsolable • lorn- cast aside ,
- cast away ,
- given up ,
- left in the cold ,
- on the rocks ,
- passed up ,
- pigeon-holed ,
- side-tracked ,
- sidelined .
- Unapprehended ,
- Unascertained ,
- Unrenowned ,
- far off ,
- little known ,
- so and so ,
- so-and-so ,
- such and such ,
- such-and-such ,
- uncelebrated ,
- unexplained ,
- unheard of ,
- unnoted ,
- unperceived ,
- unrecognized ,
- unrevealed ,
- Incog ,
- unidentified .
- by itself oneself ,
- by itself-oneself ,
- by itselfoneself ,
- de solate ,
- de-solate ,
- in dividual ,
- in-dividual ,
- me my shadow ,
- me myself i ,
- more hermit ,
- more onliest ,
- more unaided ,
- more unassisted ,
- more unescorted ,
- more widowed ,
- most hermit ,
- most onliest ,
- most unaided ,
- most unassisted ,
- most unescorted ,
- most widowed ,
- on one own ,
- on ones own ,
- shaggest ,
- solo ,
- staggest ,
- un accompanied ,
- un aided ,
- un assisted ,
- un attached ,
- un attended ,
- un escorted ,
- un married ,
- un-accompanied ,
- un-aided ,
- un-assisted ,
- un-attached ,
- un-attended ,
- un-escorted ,
- un-married ,
- unaided ,
- unmarried .
- impotent ,
- in fecund ,
- in fertile ,
- in-fecund ,
- in-fertile ,
- more infecund ,
- more unbearing ,
- more uncultivable ,
- more unfertile ,
- most infecund ,
- most unbearing ,
- most uncultivable ,
- most unfertile ,
- un bearing ,
- un cultivable ,
- un fertile ,
- un fruitful ,
- un productive ,
- un-bearing ,
- un-cultivable ,
- un-fertile ,
- un-fruitful ,
- un-productive ,
- wastest .
- de forested ,
- de-forested ,
- ex posed ,
- ex-posed ,
- more blighted ,
- more bulldozed ,
- more deforested ,
- more scorched ,
- more unpopulated ,
- more windswept ,
- most blighted ,
- most bulldozed ,
- most deforested ,
- most scorched ,
- most unpopulated ,
- most windswept ,
- stripped ,
- un populated ,
- un sheltered ,
- un-populated ,
- un-sheltered ,
- weather beaten .
- draggier ,
- draggiest ,
- funereal ,
- in dumps ,
- in the dumps ,
- jarring ,
- mopey ,
- mopier ,
- mopiest ,
- more dejecting ,
- more drearisome ,
- most dejecting ,
- most drearisome ,
- un comfortable ,
- un-comfortable ,
- woebegone .
- de relict ,
- de-relict ,
- dis carded ,
- dis-carded ,
- more castoff ,
- more ownerless ,
- more relinquished ,
- most castoff ,
- most ownerless ,
- most relinquished ,
- neglected ,
- un couth ,
- un-couth .
- doleful ,
- hopeless ,
- in pits ,
- more hurting ,
- more ripped ,
- more torn up ,
- more torn-up ,
- more tornup ,
- most hurting ,
- most ripped ,
- most torn up ,
- most torn-up ,
- most tornup ,
- tornup .
- dis agreeable ,
- dis heartening ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-heartening ,
- in auspicious ,
- in-auspicious ,
- inauspicious ,
- more disheartening ,
- most disheartening ,
- over cast ,
- over-cast ,
- overcast ,
- un fortunate ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-happy .
- drab ,
- more characterless ,
- more lusterless ,
- more subfuse ,
- more zero ,
- most characterless ,
- most lusterless ,
- most subfuse ,
- most zero ,
- sub fuse ,
- sub-fuse ,
- un changing ,
- un inspired ,
- un-changing ,
- un-inspired .
- dark complexioned ,
- darkcomplexioned ,
- more adusk ,
- more crepuscular ,
- more dark complexioned ,
- more dark-complexioned ,
- more darkcomplexioned ,
- more darkish ,
- more lightless ,
- more twilight ,
- more twilit ,
- more unilluminated ,
- most adusk ,
- most brunette ,
- most crepuscular ,
- most dark complexioned ,
- most dark-complexioned ,
- most darkcomplexioned ,
- most darkish ,
- most lightless ,
- most twilight ,
- most twilit ,
- most unilluminated ,
- swart ,
- swarter ,
- swartest ,
- un illuminated ,
- un-illuminated .
- de void ,
- de-void ,
- empty ,
- more despoiled ,
- more evacuated ,
- more vacated ,
- most despoiled ,
- most evacuated ,
- most vacated ,
- un filled ,
- un occupied ,
- un-filled ,
- un-occupied ,
- unfilled .
- dis owned ,
- dis-owned ,
- left altar ,
- left at altar ,
- left the altar ,
- more disowned ,
- more ignored ,
- more marooned ,
- more outcast ,
- most disowned ,
- most ignored ,
- most marooned ,
- most outcast ,
- out cast ,
- out-cast .
- forbidding ,
- like a bag bones ,
- like bag bones ,
- like bag of bones ,
- more attenuated ,
- more pinched ,
- more skeleton ,
- most attenuated ,
- most pinched ,
- most skeleton ,
- peakier ,
- peakiest ,
- scraggier ,
- skin bones .
- broodier ,
- broodiest ,
- down dumps ,
- down mouth ,
- down the dumps ,
- down the mouth ,
- more acheronian ,
- more acherontic ,
- more chapfallen ,
- more depressive ,
- more dragged ,
- more mirthless ,
- more moping ,
- more mopish ,
- more overclouded ,
- more saddening ,
- more unlit ,
- most acheronian ,
- most acherontic ,
- most chapfallen ,
- most crabbed ,
- most depressive ,
- most dragged ,
- most mirthless ,
- most moping ,
- most mopish ,
- most overclouded ,
- most saddening ,
- most unlit ,
- over clouded ,
- over-clouded .
- castdown ,
- heavy hearted ,
- more at ,
- more bleeding ,
- more cast down ,
- more cast-down ,
- more castdown ,
- most at ,
- most bleeding ,
- most cast down ,
- most cast-down ,
- most castdown .
- de ported ,
- de-ported ,
- dis inherited ,
- dis placed ,
- dis possessed ,
- dis-inherited ,
- dis-placed ,
- dis-possessed ,
- more banished ,
- more deported ,
- more disinherited ,
- more dispossessed ,
- more estranged ,
- more exiled ,
- more houseless ,
- more refugee ,
- more uncared for ,
- more uncared-for ,
- more uncaredfor ,
- more unhoused ,
- more vagrant ,
- most banished ,
- most deported ,
- most disinherited ,
- most dispossessed ,
- most estranged ,
- most exiled ,
- most houseless ,
- most refugee ,
- most uncared for ,
- most uncared-for ,
- most uncaredfor ,
- most unhoused ,
- most vagrant ,
- un housed ,
- un settled ,
- un welcome ,
- un-housed ,
- un-settled ,
- un-welcome ,
- uncared-for ,
- uncaredfor ,
- unwelcome ,
- without roof .
- more apart ,
- more reclusive ,
- more renounced ,
- more sequestered ,
- more troglodytic ,
- more unbefriended ,
- more uncherished ,
- more unsocial ,
- most apart ,
- most renounced ,
- most sequestered ,
- most troglodytic ,
- most unbefriended ,
- most uncherished ,
- most unsocial ,
- re moved ,
- re tired ,
- re-mote ,
- re-tired ,
- retired ,
- un befriended ,
- un cherished ,
- un social ,
- un-befriended ,
- un-cherished ,
- un-social ,
- with drawn ,
- with-drawn .
- Racked ,
- dis contented ,
- dis-contented ,
- more agonized ,
- more anguished ,
- more racked ,
- more suffering ,
- more tormented ,
- more tortured ,
- most agonized ,
- most anguished ,
- most discontented ,
- most racked ,
- most suffering ,
- most tormented ,
- most tortured ,
- on downer ,
- pained ,
- ruthful ,
- wounded .
- beatup ,
- brokendown ,
- dog eared ,
- dogeared ,
- frowzy ,
- in bad way ,
- more beat up ,
- more beat-up ,
- more beatup ,
- more dog eared ,
- more dog-eared ,
- more dogeared ,
- more down at the heel ,
- more down-at-the-heel ,
- more tumble down ,
- more tumble-down ,
- more untended ,
- most beat up ,
- most beat-up ,
- most beatup ,
- most dog eared ,
- most dog-eared ,
- most dogeared ,
- most down at the heel ,
- most down-at-the-heel ,
- most tumble down ,
- most tumble-down ,
- most untended ,
- out condition ,
- rickety ,
- tumble down ,
- tumble-down ,
- un healthier ,
- un healthiest ,
- un healthy ,
- un tended ,
- un-healthiest ,
- un-healthy ,
- un-tended ,
- under weather .
- be draggled ,
- be-draggled ,
- de generated ,
- de-generated ,
- dis figured ,
- dis reputable ,
- dis-figured ,
- dis-reputable ,
- gone seed ,
- more degenerated ,
- more deteriorating ,
- more disfigured ,
- more frayed ,
- most degenerated ,
- most deteriorating ,
- most disfigured ,
- most frayed ,
- motheaten ,
- poverty stricken ,
- povertystricken .
- anti social ,
- mis anthropic ,
- mis-anthropic ,
- more eremetic ,
- more hermitical ,
- more uncompanionable ,
- most eremetic ,
- most hermitical ,
- most uncompanionable ,
- re served ,
- re-served ,
- solitary ,
- un approachable ,
- un companionable ,
- un-approachable ,
- un-companionable .
- more unclothed ,
- more undraped ,
- most unclothed ,
- most undraped ,
- un clad ,
- un clothed ,
- un covered ,
- un draped ,
- un-clad ,
- un-clothed ,
- un-draped .
- anti septic ,
- anti-septic ,
- de contaminated ,
- de-contaminated ,
- dis infected ,
- dis-infected ,
- germ free ,
- more decontaminated ,
- more disinfected ,
- more germ free ,
- more germ-free ,
- more germfree ,
- more pasteurized ,
- more septic ,
- more uninfected ,
- more unprolific ,
- most decontaminated ,
- most disinfected ,
- most germ free ,
- most germ-free ,
- most germfree ,
- most pasteurized ,
- most septic ,
- most uninfected ,
- most unprolific ,
- un infected ,
- un profitable ,
- un prolific ,
- un-infected ,
- un-prolific ,
- without issue .
- Heartstruck ,
- heart stricken ,
- heart struck ,
- more heart stricken ,
- more heart struck ,
- more heart-stricken ,
- more heart-struck ,
- more heartstricken ,
- more heartstruck ,
- most heart stricken ,
- most heart struck ,
- most heart-stricken ,
- most heart-struck ,
- most heartstricken ,
- most heartstruck ,
- over come .
- heart rending ,
- ill fated ,
- ill starred ,
- ill-starred ,
- illfated ,
- illstarred ,
- more crushing ,
- more heart rending ,
- more heart-rending ,
- most crushing ,
- most heart rending ,
- most heart-rending .
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adv.
• solitarily -
n.
• cast down- cast .
-
v.
• depress- beating down ,
- beats down ,
- bumming out ,
- bums out ,
- casts down ,
- co wed ,
- co wing ,
- co-wed ,
- co-wing ,
- de base ,
- de based ,
- de basing ,
- de grade ,
- de graded ,
- de grades ,
- de grading ,
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de solated ,
- de solates ,
- de solating ,
- de vitalize ,
- de vitalized ,
- de vitalizes ,
- de vitalizing ,
- de-base ,
- de-based ,
- de-basing ,
- de-grade ,
- de-graded ,
- de-grades ,
- de-grading ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- de-solated ,
- de-solates ,
- de-solating ,
- de-vitalize ,
- de-vitalized ,
- de-vitalizes ,
- de-vitalizing ,
- dis courage ,
- dis courages ,
- dis hearten ,
- dis heartened ,
- dis heartens ,
- dis may ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis maying ,
- dis mays ,
- dis-courage ,
- dis-courages ,
- dis-hearten ,
- dis-heartened ,
- dis-heartens ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-mayed ,
- dis-maying ,
- dis-mays ,
- keeping under ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- reduce tears ,
- reduced tears ,
- reduced to tears ,
- reduces tears ,
- reduces to tears ,
- reducing tears ,
- reducing to tears ,
- threw cold water on ,
- throwing cold water on ,
- throws cold water on ,
- turned one off ,
- turning one off ,
- turns one off ,
- up sets ,
- up setting ,
- up-set ,
- up-sets ,
- up-setting .
- be foul ,
- be fouled ,
- be fouling ,
- be fouls ,
- be-foul ,
- be-fouled ,
- be-fouling ,
- be-fouls ,
- commits sacrilege ,
- committed sacrilege ,
- committing sacrilege ,
- de file ,
- de filed ,
- de files ,
- de filing ,
- de predate ,
- de predated ,
- de predates ,
- de predating ,
- de-file ,
- de-filed ,
- de-files ,
- de-filing ,
- de-predate ,
- de-predated ,
- de-predates ,
- de-predating ,
- dis honor ,
- dis honored ,
- dis honoring ,
- dis honors ,
- dis-honor ,
- dis-honored ,
- dis-honoring ,
- dis-honors ,
- made lose face ,
- makes lose face ,
- making lose face ,
- pro fane ,
- pro fanes ,
- pro-fane ,
- pro-fanes .
- de nude ,
- de nudes ,
- de populate ,
- de populated ,
- de populates ,
- de populating ,
- de spoil ,
- de spoiled ,
- de spoiling ,
- de spoils ,
- de-nude ,
- de-nudes ,
- de-populate ,
- de-populated ,
- de-populates ,
- de-populating ,
- de-spoil ,
- de-spoiled ,
- de-spoiling ,
- de-spoils ,
- dis possess ,
- dis possesses ,
- dis possessing ,
- dis-possess ,
- dis-possesses ,
- dis-possessing .
- abolish ,
- annihilate ,
- atomize ,
- bulldoze ,
- decimate ,
- demolish ,
- disintegrate ,
- dismantle ,
- eradicate ,
- exterminate ,
- extirpate ,
- flatten ,
- level ,
- mow down ,
- pulverize ,
- raze ,
- rip to shreds ,
- smash ,
- tear down ,
- vaporize ,
- wreck .
- did one in ,
- didst one in ,
- does one in ,
- doest one in ,
- doeth one in ,
- doing one in ,
- dost one in ,
- doth one in ,
- takes apart ,
- wipe map ,
- wiped map ,
- wiped off map ,
- wipes map ,
- wipes off map ,
- wiping map ,
- wiping off map .
- am case ,
- am on case ,
- am on one case ,
- am on one's case ,
- am on ones case ,
- am one case ,
- am one's case ,
- am ones case ,
- are case ,
- are on case ,
- are on one case ,
- are on one's case ,
- are on ones case ,
- are one case ,
- are one's case ,
- are ones case ,
- art case ,
- art one's case ,
- art ones case ,
- be case ,
- be on case ,
- be on one case ,
- be on ones case ,
- be one case ,
- be one's case ,
- be ones case ,
- being case ,
- being on case ,
- being on one case ,
- being on one's case ,
- being on ones case ,
- being one case ,
- being one's case ,
- being ones case ,
- burns up ,
- burnt up ,
- did a number on ,
- did number on ,
- didst a number on ,
- didst number on ,
- dis quiet ,
- dis quieted ,
- dis quieting ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tressed ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quieted ,
- dis-quieting ,
- dis-quiets ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tressed ,
- dis-tresses ,
- does a number on ,
- does number on ,
- doest a number on ,
- doest number on ,
- doeth a number on ,
- doeth number on ,
- doing a number on ,
- doing number on ,
- dost a number on ,
- dost number on ,
- doth a number on ,
- doth number on ,
- gat to ,
- gave a hard time ,
- gave hard time ,
- give hard time ,
- gives a hard time ,
- gives hard time ,
- giving a hard time ,
- giving hard time ,
- gotten to ,
- is case ,
- is on case ,
- is on one case ,
- is on one's case ,
- is on ones case ,
- is one case ,
- is one's case ,
- is ones case ,
- made it tough for ,
- made tough for ,
- make tough for ,
- makes it tough for ,
- makes tough for ,
- making it tough for ,
- making tough for ,
- nit pick ,
- nit picked ,
- nit picking ,
- nit picks ,
- nit-picked ,
- nit-picks ,
- picks on ,
- pushed buttons ,
- pushes buttons ,
- pushing buttons ,
- ticking off ,
- ticks off ,
- was case ,
- was on case ,
- was on one case ,
- was on one's case ,
- was on ones case ,
- was one case ,
- was one's case ,
- was ones case ,
- wast case ,
- wast on case ,
- wast on one case ,
- wast on one's case ,
- wast on ones case ,
- wast one case ,
- wast one's case ,
- wast ones case ,
- were case ,
- were on case ,
- were on one case ,
- were on one's case ,
- were on ones case ,
- were one case ,
- were one's case ,
- were ones case ,
- wert case ,
- wert on case ,
- wert on one case ,
- wert on one's case ,
- wert on ones case ,
- wert one case ,
- wert one's case ,
- wert ones case .
- dis organize ,
- dis organized ,
- dis organizes ,
- dis organizing ,
- dis-organize ,
- dis-organized ,
- dis-organizes ,
- dis-organizing ,
- leave ruins ,
- leaved in ruins ,
- leaved ruins ,
- leaves in ruins ,
- leaves ruins ,
- leaving in ruins ,
- leaving ruins ,
- left in ruins ,
- left ruins ,
- over running ,
- over runs ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms ,
- sweeping away ,
- sweeps away .
- brake heart ,
- brake one heart ,
- brake one's heart ,
- brake ones heart ,
- break heart ,
- break one heart ,
- break ones heart ,
- breaking heart ,
- breaking one heart ,
- breaking one's heart ,
- breaking ones heart ,
- breaks heart ,
- breaks one heart ,
- breaks one's heart ,
- breaks ones heart ,
- bringing one down ,
- brings one down ,
- broke heart ,
- broke one heart ,
- broke one's heart ,
- broke ones heart ,
- brought one down ,
- dampened spirits ,
- dampening spirits ,
- dampens spirits ,
- dragged down ,
- drags down ,
- made blue ,
- makes blue ,
- making blue ,
- put in to a funk ,
- put in to funk ,
- put into funk ,
- puts a damper on ,
- puts damper on ,
- puts in to a funk ,
- puts in to funk ,
- puts into a funk ,
- puts into funk ,
- putting a damper on ,
- putting damper on ,
- putting in to a funk ,
- putting in to funk ,
- putting into a funk ,
- putting into funk .
- dis figure ,
- dis figures ,
- dis figuring ,
- dis grace ,
- dis graced ,
- dis graces ,
- dis gracing ,
- dis-figure ,
- dis-figures ,
- dis-figuring ,
- dis-grace ,
- dis-graced ,
- dis-graces ,
- dis-gracing ,
- made useless ,
- makes useless ,
- making useless ,
- mucking up ,
- mucks up ,
- un did ,
- un does ,
- un doing ,
- un done ,
- un-did ,
- un-does ,
- un-doing .
Other synonyms:
- abandoned ,
- alone ,
- lonely ,
- tenebrific ,
- unfrequented .
- keep .
- help .
- dark .
Other relevant words:
- Depopulating ,
- Downs ,
- Pirated ,
- Pirating ,
- Preyed ,
- Preying ,
- Spoliate ,
- be on one's case ,
- break one's heart ,
- bring one down ,
- burn up ,
- burned up ,
- burning up ,
- commit sacrilege ,
- create chaos ,
- dampen spirits ,
- depopulate ,
- depopulated ,
- depopulates ,
- depress ,
- desecrate ,
- despoil ,
- destroy ,
- devastate ,
- distress ,
- do a number on ,
- do number on ,
- do one in ,
- downed ,
- downing ,
- drag down ,
- dragging down ,
- eat ,
- foraging ,
- forayed ,
- foraying ,
- get to ,
- gets to ,
- getting to ,
- give a hard time ,
- got to ,
- grieve ,
- harrow ,
- leave in ruins ,
- loot ,
- make blue ,
- make it tough for ,
- make lose face ,
- make useless ,
- miff ,
- muck up ,
- mucked up ,
- nit-pick ,
- nit-picking ,
- nitpick ,
- over-run ,
- over-runs ,
- pick on ,
- pillage ,
- play mischief with ,
- plundered ,
- put a damper on ,
- put damper on ,
- put into a funk ,
- ravage ,
- ravaged ,
- sack ,
- sacked ,
- sadden ,
- spoil ,
- spoils ,
- spoilt ,
- sweep away ,
- swept away ,
- take apart ,
- taking apart ,
- tick off ,
- ticked off ,
- took apart ,
- vandalize ,
- wipe off map ,
- wreak havoc .
- DAMPS ,
- Damped ,
- Damping ,
- Dulling ,
- beat down ,
- bum out ,
- cast down ,
- casting down ,
- dulls ,
- keep under ,
- keeps under ,
- kept under ,
- perturb ,
- reduce to tears ,
- throw cold water on ,
- turn one off ,
- up set .
- Creamed ,
- Creaming ,
- Torpedoes ,
- Trashed ,
- axe ,
- blot out ,
- blotted out ,
- blotting out ,
- break down ,
- breaking down ,
- exterminates ,
- laid waste ,
- lay waste ,
- laying waste ,
- lays waste ,
- liquidate ,
- over turn ,
- swallow up ,
- swallowing up ,
- torn down ,
- torpedo ,
- torpedoed ,
- torpedoing .
- dismal ,
- dolorous ,
- downcast ,
- melancholy ,
- sad .
- blue ,
- dejected ,
- depressed ,
- dispirited ,
- down ,
- downhearted ,
- dull ,
- dysphoric ,
- gloomy ,
- heavy-hearted ,
- low ,
- melancholic ,
- spiritless ,
- tristful ,
- unhappy ,
- wistful .
- Drearisome ,
- Fer ,
- Fest ,
- Heartstricken ,
- Houseless ,
- Infecund ,
- Mopish ,
- Troglodytic ,
- Unbearing ,
- Unbefriended ,
- Uncompanionable ,
- Unhoused ,
- acheronian ,
- acherontic ,
- adusk ,
- anguished ,
- anti-social ,
- bare ,
- batching it ,
- beat-up ,
- bleak ,
- broken down ,
- brokenhearted ,
- broody ,
- brumal ,
- bummed out ,
- by oneself ,
- cast-down ,
- castoff ,
- chapfallen ,
- characterless ,
- crepuscular ,
- dark-complexioned ,
- darkish ,
- deforested ,
- depressive ,
- desert ,
- disconsolate ,
- dog-eared ,
- down and out ,
- down at the heel ,
- down in dumps ,
- down in mouth ,
- down in the dumps ,
- down-at-the-heel ,
- draggy ,
- dull as dishwater ,
- dusky ,
- eremetic ,
- fe ,
- gaunt ,
- germ-free ,
- germfree ,
- gone to seed ,
- heart-rending ,
- heart-stricken ,
- heart-struck ,
- hermitical ,
- hibernal ,
- hiemal ,
- homeless ,
- icebox ,
- in a bad way ,
- in low spirits ,
- in pain ,
- in solitary ,
- in the pits ,
- left at the altar ,
- left behind ,
- left stranded ,
- lightless ,
- like a bag of bones ,
- lorn ,
- lusterless ,
- me and my shadow ,
- mirthless ,
- miserable ,
- off beaten track ,
- off the beaten track ,
- on a downer ,
- on one's own ,
- on own ,
- out of condition ,
- overclouded ,
- ownerless ,
- pasteurized ,
- peaky ,
- run-down ,
- sanitized ,
- saturnine ,
- scraggiest ,
- scraggy ,
- scrubby ,
- septic ,
- shabby ,
- shag ,
- shagger ,
- skin and bones ,
- stag ,
- stark ,
- subfuse ,
- tatty ,
- three-dog night ,
- thrown over ,
- torn-up ,
- tragic ,
- traveling light ,
- twilit ,
- unassisted ,
- uncared for ,
- uncherished ,
- uncreative ,
- uncultivable ,
- undomesticated ,
- undraped ,
- unescorted ,
- unfertile ,
- unfurnished ,
- unilluminated ,
- uninfected ,
- uninventive ,
- unlit ,
- unpopulated ,
- unprolific ,
- unsocial ,
- untended ,
- untilled ,
- used up ,
- weatherbeaten ,
- widowed ,
- windswept ,
- wintry ,
- without a roof ,
- wornout ,
- worse for wear .
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How to use "Desolate" in context?
When one mentions the word "desolate," most likely the first thing that comes to mind is a lifeless, barren landscape. But the word can have so much more to it than that. "Desolate" can describe someone or something that is lonely and lacking in companionship. It can also describe a situation or feeling where everything seems hopeless, and there is no solution in sight. In short, "desolate" can describe any situation or place where there is a feeling of loneliness or vulnerability.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
deserted.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
bleak, devastating, disappointing.
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do anyhow
- Synonyms:
- Roughhew.
