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desolate


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NOT HAVING ANY THINGS OR PEOPLE IN IT


The house stood in a bleak, desolate landscape.

Synonyms and examples


empty
I heard laughter, but the room was empty.
deserted
It was three o'clock in the morning and the streets were deserted.
depopulated
After the famine, the area was seriously depopulated.
uninhabited
The island is uninhabited.
unoccupied
The flat is currently unoccupied.
bare
The room was completely bare.
unfurnished
The house was unfurnished.
vacant
The hospital has no vacant beds.
blank
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Antonyms and examples


crowded
The beach was far too crowded yesterday.
busy
The shops are so busy the day before Christmas!
bustling
The high street was nearly deserted ten years ago, but now it's bustling.
inhabited
The area has been inhabited by nomadic tribesmen for centuries.
furnished
The flat came fully furnished.
occupied
All the rooms in the hotel are occupied.
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If something is empty, it does not have any things or people in it.

FEELING SAD AND ALONE


After the market crash, desolate financiers left the field.

Synonyms and examples


lonely
I've been lonely since my friends moved away.
lonesome
US
I'm feeling lonesome.
isolated
I wouldn't like living out in the country - I'd feel isolated from the rest of the world.
forlorn
literary
The characters, a flighty heiress and her forlorn suitor, are a delight.
lorn
literary
He's a lone, lorn creature.
desolated
We are desolated, Colonel, that the regiment is to leave.
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If a person is lonely they feel sad and alone.

desolate | American Thesaurus


desolate


adjective
These are words and phrases related to desolate. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of desolate.
After the war the town was a desolate place.

Synonyms


deserted
uninhabited
empty
bare
barren
bleak
forsaken
abandoned

Antonyms


inhabited
populous
She has been desolate since losing her job.

Synonyms


despondent
dejected
forlorn
downcast
down-hearted
depressed
sad
melancholy
sorrowful
wretched
miserable

Antonyms


cheerful
lighthearted
joyous
happy
glad

desolate


verb
Many coastal towns were desolated by the hurricane.

Synonyms


ruin
ravage
devastate
destroy
demolish
lay waste

Antonyms


develop
nourish
cultivate
We were desolated by the death of our good friend.

Synonyms


sadden
grieve
depress
distress
dishearten
discourage

Antonyms


cheer
hearten
encourage
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