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English adjective: desolate | |||
| 1. | desolate providing no shelter or sustenance | ||
| Samples | Bare rocky hills. Barren lands. The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes. The desolate surface of the moon. A stark landscape. | ||
| Synonyms | bare, barren, bleak, stark | ||
| Similar | inhospitable | ||
| Antonyms | hospitable | ||
| 2. | desolate crushed by grief | ||
| Samples | Depressed and desolate of soul. A low desolate wail. | ||
| Similar | disconsolate, inconsolable, unconsolable | ||
| Antonyms | consolable | ||
English verb: desolate | |||
| 1. | desolate (cognition) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch | ||
| Samples | The mother deserted her children. | ||
| Synonyms | abandon, desert, forsake | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | leave | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ditch, expose, maroon, strand, walk out | ||
| 2. | desolate (change) reduce in population | ||
| Samples | The epidemic depopulated the countryside. | ||
| Synonyms | depopulate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reduce, shrink | ||
| 3. | desolate (change) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly | ||
| Samples | The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion. | ||
| Synonyms | devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | destroy, ruin | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ruin | ||
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