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

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

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

2 days ago · This completion of the Temple and attack upon Christians is the event that marks the apostasy that causes desolation, the detestable act that causes God to desolate (abandon) and …

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 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

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, but is …

It's a cold, dark, desolate environment long thought too harsh for life to exist.