desolate
desolate is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 8 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.And the silvery marish flowers that throng The desolate creeks and pools among. Tennyson.
- 2.Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
- 3.Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless. Have mercy upon, for I am desolate. Ps. xxv.
- 4.Voice of the poor and desolate. Keble.
- 5.Lost to shame; dissolute. [Obs.] Chaucer.
- 6.Destitute of; lacking in. [Obs.] I were right now of tales desolate. Chaucer.
- 7.To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
- 8.To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city. Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war. Sparks.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abstract
- ace
- alone
- and
- apart
- atomic
- azygous
- beat
- but
- combine
- compact
- dine
- disjoin
- disjunction
- dreary
- else
- first
- fort
- half
- indiscerptible
- individual
- individuality
- indivisible
- insecable
- inseverable
- insular
- irresolvable
- isolate
- isolated
- isolation
- itself
- join
- last
- lone
- lonely
- lonesome
- monospermous
- none
- number
- odd
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is desolate.
- What is and the silvery marish flowers that throng The desolate creeks and pools among. Tennyson called?
- What is laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars called?
- What is left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless. Have mercy upon, for I am desolate. Ps. xxv called?
- What is lost to shame; dissolute. [Obs.] Chaucer called?
- What is destitute of; lacking in. [Obs.] I were right now of tales desolate. Chaucer called?
- What is to make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood called?
- What is to lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city. Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war. Sparks called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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