Desolate
adjective
A place that is empty and not cared for, often lonely and sad.
The former mining town is now completely desolate.
Often appears as...
- desolate landscape
- desolate terrain
adjective
Feeling or showing great sadness and loneliness.
After the death of his wife, he felt completely desolate.
Often appears as...
- feel desolate
- look desolate
verb
To make a place empty or not cared for, often lonely and sad.
War had desolated the city.
Often appears as...
- desolate a city
- desolate an area
adjective
A place that is empty and not cared for, often lonely and sad.
The former mining town is now completely desolate.
Often appears as...
- desolate landscape
- desolate terrain
adjective
Feeling or showing great sadness and loneliness.
After the death of his wife, he felt completely desolate.
Often appears as...
- feel desolate
- look desolate
verb
To make a place empty or not cared for, often lonely and sad.
War had desolated the city.
Often appears as...
- desolate a city
- desolate an area
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Emptiness
Refers to places devoid of people and activity, emphasizing abandonment or neglect.
Wandering through the desolate halls, she realized the mansion had been long forgotten.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Can describe a peaceful, quiet area away from the busy world.
He found solace in the desolate beauty of the remote island.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Often used to paint a vivid picture of a scene in literature and movies.
The desolate landscape became the setting for the post-apocalyptic film.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Emptiness
Refers to places devoid of people and activity, emphasizing abandonment or neglect.
Wandering through the desolate halls, she realized the mansion had been long forgotten.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Can describe a peaceful, quiet area away from the busy world.
He found solace in the desolate beauty of the remote island.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Often used to paint a vivid picture of a scene in literature and movies.
The desolate landscape became the setting for the post-apocalyptic film.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Emptiness
Refers to places devoid of people and activity, emphasizing abandonment or neglect.
Wandering through the desolate halls, she realized the mansion had been long forgotten.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Can describe a peaceful, quiet area away from the busy world.
He found solace in the desolate beauty of the remote island.
Pro Tip 3/3Visual Imagery
Often used to paint a vivid picture of a scene in literature and movies.
The desolate landscape became the setting for the post-apocalyptic film.
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Why the Arctic is...
may seem like a frozen and desolate environment where nothing ever changes. But it is actually a complex and finely balanced natural system, and its extreme location makes it vulnerable to feedback processes that can magnify even tiny changes in the atmosphere.
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What separates us from...
And we've talked a lot about that. Secondly, the resilience of nature. We can destroy a river, and we can bring it back to life. We can see a whole area desolated, and it can be brought back to bloom again, with time or a little help.
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Glenn Greenwald: Why...
It's a very desolate place. And there's a reason for that, which is that we as human beings, even those of us who in words disclaim the importance of our own privacy, instinctively understand the profound importance of it.
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Building social capital...
generosity by people we met along our journey for example Byron Celia is a ceramic artist working out of an abandoned gas station and desolate Wyoming boomtown he offered a shelter and contributed a beautiful piece of
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James Cameron Breaks...
samples it was a very lunar a very desolate place very very isolated my feeling was one of complete isolation from all of humanity I mean I felt like I literally in the space of one day have
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The Potential Origin of...
Prehistoric rock art depicting wildlife suggests this area was once a sacred place. In the 19th century, archeologists identified it as a burial ground. This is a desolate dry landscape.
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Buzz Aldrin: Mission to...
handle on what was that like I mean when you think about it today you said magnificent desolation what do you remember about I I really couldn't describe it other than the word desolate
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Hyeonseo Lee: My escape...
and, as a punishment, my family was going to be forcibly removed to a desolate location in the countryside. They had to get out quickly. So I started planning how to help them escape.
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The Largest Falcon in...
last summer they failed to raise any young a pack of white wolves also live in this cold desolate place last year they were luckier than the falcons and produced three cubs
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Royal "Pengwings"...
it looks desolate but it's not deserted at certain times of year there's more life here than on any other island in the Pacific
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Why the Arctic is...
may seem like a frozen and desolate environment where nothing ever changes. But it is actually a complex and finely balanced natural system, and its extreme location makes it vulnerable to feedback processes that can magnify even tiny changes in the atmosphere.
Video examples
What separates us from...
And we've talked a lot about that. Secondly, the resilience of nature. We can destroy a river, and we can bring it back to life. We can see a whole area desolated, and it can be brought back to bloom again, with time or a little help.
Video examples
Glenn Greenwald: Why...
It's a very desolate place. And there's a reason for that, which is that we as human beings, even those of us who in words disclaim the importance of our own privacy, instinctively understand the profound importance of it.
Video examples
Building social capital...
generosity by people we met along our journey for example Byron Celia is a ceramic artist working out of an abandoned gas station and desolate Wyoming boomtown he offered a shelter and contributed a beautiful piece of
Video examples
James Cameron Breaks...
samples it was a very lunar a very desolate place very very isolated my feeling was one of complete isolation from all of humanity I mean I felt like I literally in the space of one day have
Video examples
The Potential Origin of...
Prehistoric rock art depicting wildlife suggests this area was once a sacred place. In the 19th century, archeologists identified it as a burial ground. This is a desolate dry landscape.
Video examples
Buzz Aldrin: Mission to...
handle on what was that like I mean when you think about it today you said magnificent desolation what do you remember about I I really couldn't describe it other than the word desolate
Video examples
Hyeonseo Lee: My escape...
and, as a punishment, my family was going to be forcibly removed to a desolate location in the countryside. They had to get out quickly. So I started planning how to help them escape.
Video examples
The Largest Falcon in...
last summer they failed to raise any young a pack of white wolves also live in this cold desolate place last year they were luckier than the falcons and produced three cubs
Video examples
Royal "Pengwings"...
it looks desolate but it's not deserted at certain times of year there's more life here than on any other island in the Pacific
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
The Antichrist will be the infernal prince again for the third and last time... so many evils shall be committed by the means of Satan, the infernal Prince, that almost the entire world shall be found undone and desolate. Before these events happen, many rare birds will cry in the air, 'Now! Now!' and sometime later will vanish.
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Adam Granduciel
American Musician
I'd think the house was the source of great sadness or pressure. I knew it wasn't. I knew it was just where I lived. But I'd walk up the stairs and the second floor was just desolate. My old bedroom: empty. My old rehearsal room: empty. First floor studio: messy and empty. Middle room: broken gear everywhere.
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Bram Stoker
Irish Writer
And so we remained till the red of the dawn began to fall through the snow gloom. I was desolate and afraid, and full of woe and terror. But when that beautiful sun began to climb the horizon life was to me again.
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Conrad Aiken
American Author
Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you, all is desolate; all that was once so beautiful is dead.
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Amy McGrath
American Politician
There are so many places in our state that are just economically desolated and so what they're looking for are good quality jobs and how we get that back.
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Shane Koyczan
Canadian Writer
For me, growing up and going to school and not seeing any anti-bullying posters and not hearing people talk about bullying was very desolate.
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Richard Jefferies
English Writer
Ever since the world began, it has been the belief of mankind that desolate places are the special haunt of supernatural beings.
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John Tyler
American President
On the coming of that tremendous storm which for eight years desolated our country, Mr. Jefferson hesitated not, halted not.
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Olafur Darri Olafsson
Icelander Actor
I'm still blown away by how desolate Iceland can be, how deserted it is. It's very often like living on the moon.
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Ernest Dowson
English Poet
And I was desolate and sick of an old passion.
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Nostradamus
French Celebrity
The Antichrist will be the infernal prince again for the third and last time... so many evils shall be committed by the means of Satan, the infernal Prince, that almost the entire world shall be found undone and desolate. Before these events happen, many rare birds will cry in the air, 'Now! Now!' and sometime later will vanish.
Quote examples
Adam Granduciel
American Musician
I'd think the house was the source of great sadness or pressure. I knew it wasn't. I knew it was just where I lived. But I'd walk up the stairs and the second floor was just desolate. My old bedroom: empty. My old rehearsal room: empty. First floor studio: messy and empty. Middle room: broken gear everywhere.
Quote examples
Bram Stoker
Irish Writer
And so we remained till the red of the dawn began to fall through the snow gloom. I was desolate and afraid, and full of woe and terror. But when that beautiful sun began to climb the horizon life was to me again.
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Conrad Aiken
American Author
Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you, all is desolate; all that was once so beautiful is dead.
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Amy McGrath
American Politician
There are so many places in our state that are just economically desolated and so what they're looking for are good quality jobs and how we get that back.
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Shane Koyczan
Canadian Writer
For me, growing up and going to school and not seeing any anti-bullying posters and not hearing people talk about bullying was very desolate.
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Richard Jefferies
English Writer
Ever since the world began, it has been the belief of mankind that desolate places are the special haunt of supernatural beings.
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John Tyler
American President
On the coming of that tremendous storm which for eight years desolated our country, Mr. Jefferson hesitated not, halted not.
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Olafur Darri Olafsson
Icelander Actor
I'm still blown away by how desolate Iceland can be, how deserted it is. It's very often like living on the moon.
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Ernest Dowson
English Poet
And I was desolate and sick of an old passion.
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