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Webster 1913 Edition

Desolate

‖

Des′o-late

Adj.

[L.

desolatus

, p. p. of

desolare

to leave alone, forsake;

de-

solare

to make lonely,

solus

alone. See

Sole

Adj.

]

Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy;

as, a

desolate

isle; a

desolate

wilderness; a

desolate

house.

I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah

desolate

, without an inhabitant.

Jer. ix. 11.

And the silvery marish flowers that throng
The

desolate

creeks and pools among.

Tennyson.

Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed;

as,

desolate

altars

Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.

Have mercy upon, for I am

desolate

Ps. xxv. 16.

Voice of the poor and

desolate

Keble.

Lost to shame; dissolute.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

Destitute of; lacking in.

[Obs.]

Syn. – Desert; uninhabited; lonely; waste.

Des′o-late

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Desolated

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Desolating

To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants;

as, the earth was nearly

desolated

by the flood

To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage;

as, a fire

desolates

a city

Constructed in the very heart of a

desolating

war.

Sparks.

Webster 1828 Edition

Desolate

DESOLATE

Adj.

Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; desert; uninhabited; denoting either stripped of inhabitants, or never having been inhabitated; as a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness.

I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jer. 9.

Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as desolate altars; desolate towers. Ezek. Zeph.

Solitary; without a companion; afflicted.

Tamar remained desolate in Absaloms house. 2 Sam. 13.

Deserted of God; deprived of comfort.

My heart within me is desolate. Ps. 143.

Definition 2024

desolate

English

Adjective

desolate ‎(comparative more desolate, superlative most desolate)

Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house
- Bible, Jer. ix. 11
  I will make Jerusalem […] a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
- Tennyson
  And the silvery marish flowers that throng / The desolate creeks and pools among.
Barren and lifeless.
Made unfit for habitation or use; laid waste; neglected; destroyed.
desolate altars
Dismal or dreary.
Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.
- Keble
  voice of the poor and desolate

Translations

deserted

Armenian: ամայի (hy) ‎(amayi), լքված ‎(lkʿvac), անբնակ ‎(anbnak)
Aromanian: ermu (roa-rup)
Bulgarian: безлюден (bg) ‎(bezljuden), необитаван (bg) ‎(neobitavan)
Estonian: hüljatud
Georgian: ტიალი ‎(ṭiali)
German: verlassen (de)
Greek: έρημος (el) m ‎(érimos), ερημωμένος (el) m ‎(erimoménos), παρατημένος (el) m ‎(paratiménos)
Hindi: सुनसान (hi) ‎(sunsān), निर्जन (hi) ‎(nirjan), वीरान (hi) ‎(vīrān)
Hungarian: elhagyatott (hu)

Italian: desolato (it), deserto (it)
Japanese: 寂れた ‎(さびれた, sabireta)
Maori: tūhea
Portuguese: desolado, deserto (pt), inabitado, ermo (pt), desabitado (pt)
Romanian: deșert (ro), abandonat (ro)
Russian: пусты́нный (ru) ‎(pustýnnyj), необитаемый (ru) ‎(neobitajemyj), поки́нутый (ru) ‎(pokínutyj)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: pusty
Spanish: desierto (es) m, desolado (es) m

barren / lifeless

Armenian: ամայի (hy) ‎(amayi)
Bulgarian: пуст (bg) ‎(pust)
Estonian: kõle
German: ^{(please verify)}verlassen (de)
Greek: έρημος (el) m ‎(érimos), άγονος (el) m ‎(ágonos)
Hindi: बंजर (hi) ‎(bañjar)

Hungarian: kihalt (hu)
Japanese: 寂れた ‎(さびれた, sabireta)
Maori: hahore
Portuguese: desolado
Russian: оскудевший (ru) ‎(oskudevšij), упадочный (ru) ‎(upadočnyj)
Spanish: desierto (es) m, desolado (es) m, devastado (es) m

unfit for habitation

Armenian: լքված ‎(lkʿvac), բարձիթողի (hy) ‎(barjitʿołi)
Bulgarian: необитаем (bg) ‎(neobitaem)
German: verlassen (de)
Greek: ακατοίκητος (el) m ‎(akatoíkitos)

Hindi: उजाड़ (hi) ‎(ujāṛ)
Hungarian: lakhatatlan (hu)
Italian: abbandonato (it)
Portuguese: desolado

dismal

Armenian: թշվառ (hy) ‎(tʿšvaṙ)
German: öde (de)
Greek: μελαγχολικός (el) m ‎(melancholikós), ζοφερός (el) m ‎(zoferós)
Italian: nero (it)

Japanese: 寂しい (ja) ‎(さびしい, sabishī)
Portuguese: desolado
Russian: скудный (ru) ‎(skudnyj)

hopeless

Armenian: անմխիթար (hy) ‎(anmxitʿar)
Bulgarian: безнадежден (bg) ‎(beznadežden), безутешен (bg) ‎(bezutešen)
German: trostlos (de)
Greek: απελπιστικός (el) m ‎(apelpistikós)

Hungarian: reménytelen (hu)
Portuguese: desolado, devastado
Russian: безнадёжный (ru) ‎(beznadjožnyj)
Spanish: desolado (es) m, devastado (es) m

Verb

desolate ‎(third-person singular simple present desolates, present participle desolating, simple past and past participle desolated)

To deprive of inhabitants.
To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
To abandon or forsake something.
To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

Translations

to deprive of inhabitants

Bulgarian: обезлюдявам (bg) ‎(obezljudjavam), опустошавам (bg) ‎(opustošavam)
Finnish: autioittaa (fi)
French: ravager (fr)

Greek: ερημώνω (el) ‎(erimóno)
Persian: خالی از سکنه

to devastate or lay waste

Finnish: hävittää (fi)

Greek: ερημώνω (el) ‎(erimóno)

to abandon or forsake

Finnish: hylätä (fi)

Greek: εγκαταλείπω (el) ‎(enkataleípo)

to make sad, forlorn and hopeless

Finnish: masentaa (fi)
French: désoler (fr)

Greek: απελπίζω (el) ‎(apelpízo), φέρνω σε απόγνωση ‎(férno se apógnosi)

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desolation

German

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aːtə

Adjective

desolate

inflected form of desolat

Italian

Adjective

desolate f pl

feminine plural of desolato

Latin

Participle

dēsōlāte

vocative masculine singular of dēsōlātus

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