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Desolate

🔄 Synonyms of "Desolate"

28 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
forlornnoun	Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
bleaknoun	Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
starknoun	Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
lurchnoun	A sudden or unsteady movement.
forsaken	Deserted; abandoned.
barenoun	Naked, uncovered.
disconsolatenoun	Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
forsakeverb	(transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
barrennoun	(of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
ravageverb	(transitive) To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
lorn	(archaic) Abandoned, forlorn, lonely.
desertnoun	A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
blasted	(slang) Intoxicated, drunk.
devastated	Extremely upset and shocked.
abandonverb	(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
destroyed	Damaged beyond repair; ruined; wrecked; obliterated.
wastenoun	Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
wasted	(slang) Very drunk or stoned.
inhospitable	(of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding. [from 17th c.]
ruined	In a state of ruin; dilapidated.
devastateverb	To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
desolated	made uninhabitable
inconsolable	Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.
unconsolable	Synonym of inconsolable.
depopulateverb	(transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Desolate"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
forsakenverb	Deserted; abandoned.
forlorn	Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken.
lorn	(archaic) Abandoned, forlorn, lonely.
wasted	(slang) Very drunk or stoned.
godforsakennoun	(figurative, of a location) Desolate, boring and depressing.
inconsolable	Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.
disconsolate	Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
bleak	Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate.
devastateverb	To ruin many or all things over a large area, such as most or all buildings of a city, or cities of a region, or trees of a forest.
inhospitable	(of a place) Not offering shelter; barren or forbidding. [from 17th c.]
devastated	Extremely upset and shocked.
barren	(of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
wastenoun	Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
bare	Naked, uncovered.
starknoun	Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
destroyed	Damaged beyond repair; ruined; wrecked; obliterated.
ravageverb	(transitive) To devastate, destroy or lay waste to something.
forsakeverb	(transitive) To abandon, to give up, to leave (permanently), to renounce (someone or something).
depopulate	(as a participial adjective) Barren, devoid of inhabitants; utterly destroyed, devastated .
unconsolable	Synonym of inconsolable.