Antonyms for desolate

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : adjective des-uh-lit; verb des-uh-leyt

Phonetic Transcription : adjective ˈdɛs ə lɪt; verb ˈdɛs əˌleɪt

Definition of desolate

Origin : mid-14c., "without companions," also "uninhabited," from Latin desolatus, past participle of desolare "leave alone, desert," from de- "completely" (see de-) + solare "make lonely," from solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)). Sense of "joyless" is 15c.

adj unused, barren
adj depressed, despondent
verb ravage, destroy

Example sentences :

Yet all seemed cheerless; for the heart of Paralus was desolate.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

He was ashamed to be there—ashamed to meet the desolate and, as he believed, erring sister.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

And how desolate was its abandonment, what a stream of silence and solitude it was!
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

To the cast and north of our hill was an expanse of rolling, desolate wilderness.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

All my plans for my work and my life assumed the most gray and desolate hues.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

A desolate and lonely craft, the smoke draggled out of her funnel.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

I made a world to myself in the solitude of my now desolate feelings.
Extract from : « Gomez Arias » by Joaqun Telesforo de Trueba y Coso

The desolate loneliness of the old came to him when his old master was gone.
Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet

She shall see them beg their bread, and seek it in desolate places!
Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine

The "Helen" of the story is a Greek, beautiful, desolate, defiant—pure as snow.
Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine

Synonyms for desolate

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