| ADJECTIVE | all | desolate, bare, barren, bleak, stark | providing no shelter or sustenance |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | desolate | crushed by grief | |
| VERB | cognition | desolate, abandon, forsake, desert | leave someone who needs or counts on you |
| change | desolate, depopulate | reduce in population | |
| change | desolate, lay waste to, waste, devastate, ravage, scourge | cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly |
| Sounds | deh'sahlaht; deh'sahley.t; deh'zahlaht | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abbot ... zealot / Zealot: 372 rhymes with aht... | |
| abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... | ||
| Meaning | Providing no shelter or sustenance. | |
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| Example | "the desolate surface of the moon" | |
| Synonyms | bare, barren, bleak, stark | |
| Broader | inhospitable | unfavorable to life or growth |
| Spanish | árido, desértico, desierto, desolado, estéril, yermo | |
| Catalan | àrid, desert, desèrtic, desolat, erm, estèril | |
| Meaning | crushed by grief. | |
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| Examples |
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| Broader | inconsolable, disconsolate, unconsolable | sad beyond comforting |
| Spanish | desolado | |
| Meaning | Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | abandon, forsake, desert | |
| Narrower | ditch | forsake |
| expose | abandon by leaving out in the open air | |
| maroon, strand | Leave stranded or isolated / isolated with little hope of rescue | |
| walk out | Leave suddenly, often as an expression of disapproval | |
| Broader | leave | Go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness |
| Spanish | abandonar, dejar, desamparar, desasistir, desertar | |
| Catalan | abandonar, deixar, desemparar, desertar | |
| Nouns | desolation | sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned |
| Meaning | Reduce in population. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | depopulate | |
| Broader | shrink, reduce | Reduce in size |
| Spanish | despoblar | |
| Catalan | despoblar | |
| Nouns | desolation | an event that results in total destruction |
| Meaning | Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | lay waste to, waste, devastate, ravage, scourge | |
| Narrower | ruin | Reduce to ruins |
| Broader | destroy, ruin | Destroy completely |
| Spanish | arrasar, asolar, desgastar, desolar, destrozar, destruir, devastar, gastar | |
| Catalan | arrasar, assolar, desgastar, destrossar, devastar, gastar | |
| Nouns | desolation | an event that results in total destruction |
| desolation | the state of being decayed or destroyed | |
| desolation | a bleak / bleak and desolate atmosphere | |
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