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.