Definition of desolate
- a. - Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted;
uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness;
a desolate house.
- a. - Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed;
as, desolate altars.
- a. - Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
- a. - Lost to shame; dissolute.
- a. - Destitute of; lacking in.
- v. t. - To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of
inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
- v. t. - To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates
a city.