Usually means: Empty, barren, devoid of life.
Definitions Related words Phrases (New!) Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 30 dictionaries that define the word desolate:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. desolate: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. desolate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. desolate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. desolate: Collins English Dictionary
  5. desolate: Vocabulary.com
  6. Desolate, desolate: Wordnik
  7. desolate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. desolate: Wiktionary
  9. desolate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. desolate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. desolate: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Desolate, desolate: Dictionary.com
  13. desolate: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. desolate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. DESOLATE (video game), Desolate (album), Desolate (film), Desolate (video game): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Desolate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. desolate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. desolate: Rhymezone
  19. desolate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. desolate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. desolate: Free Dictionary
  22. desolate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. desolate: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. desolate: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. desolate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. desolate: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See desolated as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
adjective:  Barren and lifeless.
adjective:  Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.
adjective:  Dismal or dreary.
adjective:  Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
verb:  To deprive of inhabitants.
verb:  To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
verb:  To abandon or forsake something.
verb:  To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Colors:
    charcoal,     ash gray,     slate gray,     taupe,     sepia, more...



Word origin

Words similar to desolate

Usage examples for desolate

Idioms related to desolate

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular nouns described by desolate

Words that often appear near desolate

Rhymes of desolate

Invented words related to desolate

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Colors:
    charcoal,     ash gray,     slate gray,     taupe,     sepia, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Compound Your Joy   Threepeat   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Help


Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!