Antonyms for de-solate


Grammar : Adj, adv, verb
Spell : adjective des-uh-lit; verb des-uh-leyt
Phonetic Transcription : adjective ˈdɛs ə lɪt; verb ˈdɛs əˌleɪt


Definition of de-solate

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.
  • As in inconsolable : adj brokenhearted
  • As in lonely : adj feeling friendless, forlorn
  • As in lonely : adj out-of-the-way
  • As in lonesome : adj forlorn, friendless
  • As in miserable : adj unhappy, depressed
  • As in run-down : adj shabby, in bad shape
  • As in saturnine : adj gloomy
  • As in shabby : adj broken-down; in poor shape
  • As in bare : adj without covering or content
  • As in barren : adj unable to support growth
  • As in solitary : adj alone, single; unsociable
  • As in stark : adj bare, unadorned
  • As in sterile : adj unproductive, clean
  • As in tragic : adj catastrophic, very bad
  • As in unknown : adj obscure, mysterious
  • As in wild : adj untamed
  • As in wintry : adj cold, snowy
  • As in bleak : adj barren
  • As in brokenhearted : adj devastated
  • As in stricken : adj overwhelmed
  • As in uninhabited : adj not lived in
  • As in uninhabited : adj not inhabited
  • As in cheerless : adj depressing, unhappy
  • As in dysphoric : adj depressed
  • As in heavy-hearted : adj depressed
  • As in lorn : adj lonely
  • As in lorn : adj abandoned
  • As in melancholic : adj depressed
  • As in sanitized : adj sterile
  • As in scrubby : adj shabby
  • As in tatty : adj shabby
  • As in tenebrific : adj gloomy
  • As in tristful : adj depressed
  • As in uncreative : adj sterile
  • As in undomesticated : adj wild
  • As in unfrequented : adj lonely
  • As in uninventive : adj sterile
  • As in derelict : adj deserted, forsaken
  • As in desert : adj barren, uncultivated
  • As in deserted : adj abandoned, unoccupied
  • As in desolate : adj unused, barren
  • As in desolate : adj depressed, despondent
  • As in disconsolate : adj depressed, unhappy
  • As in dismal : adj bleak, dreary, gloomy
  • As in drab : adj dull, colorless
  • As in dusky : adj dark-hued; murky
  • As in empty : adj containing nothing
  • As in alone : adj separate; apart
  • As in forlorn : adj hopeless, inconsolable
  • As in forsaken : adj abandoned
  • As in gaunt : adj skinny
  • As in gloomy : adj dark, black
  • As in gloomy : adj feeling down, blue
  • As in gloomy : adj sad, depressing
  • As in homeless : adj displaced
  • As in solitarily : adv alone
  • As in pillage : verb plunder, destroy
  • As in ravage : verb destroy, ransack
  • As in sack : verb raid, plunder
  • As in sadden : verb upset, depress
  • As in spoil : verb ruin, hurt
  • As in waste : verb ruin, destroy
  • As in wreak havoc : verb cause destruction
  • As in harrow : verb sack
  • As in spoliate : verb sack
  • As in depress : verb deject, make despondent; exhaust
  • As in desecrate : verb abuse, violate
  • As in desolate : verb ravage, destroy
  • As in despoil : verb ravage, destroy
  • As in destroy : verb demolish, devastate
  • As in devastate : verb demolish, destroy
  • As in distress : verb worry, upset

Synonyms for de-solate

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