Definition
• | Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house. |
• | Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars. |
• | Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless. |
• | Lost to shame; dissolute. |
• | Destitute of; lacking in. |
• | 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. |