desolate adds an element of utter remoteness or lack of human contact to any already disheartening aspect.

DESOLATE definition: barren or laid waste; devastated. See examples of desolate used in a sentence.

desolate adjective (EMPTY) Add to word list (of a place) having no living things; empty: a desolate landscape

Definition of desolate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

When a location is desolate, there's almost nothing there. Think of a rundown cabin in the middle of nowhere, with no running water and no stores or other people anywhere.

desolate adj 1. uninhabited; deserted 2. made uninhabitable; laid waste; devastated

The desolate person is deprived of human consolation, relationships, or presence: desolate and despairing. The disconsolate person is aware of the efforts of others to console and comfort, …

DESOLATE meaning: 1 : lacking the people, plants, animals, etc., that make people feel welcome in a place; 2 : very sad and lonely especially because someone you love has died or left

Dec 14, 2025 · It is not to be supposed that when Cush left Armenia, he left it desolate, and that a rich and long settled country was abandoned altogether; for it would be an absurd way of …

• In some of the more desolate regions, half of the active population is out of work. • To people who work outside all day this is one of the most desolate sounds known.