1. Adjective
Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.
2. Adjective
Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
3. Adjective
Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
4. Adjective
Lost to shame; dissolute.
5. Adjective
Destitute of; lacking in.
6. Verb
To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
7. Verb
To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
8. Verb
leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children"
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