desolate

desolate
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. bleak, barren, inhospitable, unpeopled; lonely, abandoned, forlorn; comfortless, miserable. See absence, seclusion, dejection. —v. t. waste, depopulate, devastate. See destruction.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Left unused]
Syn. deserted, forsaken, uninhabited, laid waste; see abandoned 1 , bleak 1 , isolated .
2. [Gloomy]
Syn. forlorn, downcast, melancholy, dolorous; see dismal 1 , sad 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.
1. barren abandoned, forsaken, deserted, lonely, uninhabited, isolated, solitary, empty, bleak, remote, *godforsaken, stark.
2. forlorn wretched, bereft, abandoned, friendless, forsaken, lonesome, alone, isolated, estranged, despondent, miserable, downhearted.
ANT.: 1. crowded, inhabited, mobbed. 2. happy, cheerful, befriended
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Empty of people: deserted, forlorn, godforsaken, lonely, lonesome, unfrequented. See FULL. 2. Dark and depressing: black, bleak, blue, cheerless, dark, dismal, dreary, gloomy, glum, joyless, somber, tenebrific. See HAPPY, LIGHT. 3. Having been given up and left alone: abandoned, bereft, derelict, deserted, forlorn, forsaken, lorn. See KEEP. 4. Dejected due to the awareness of being alone: forlorn, lonely, lonesome, lorn. See HAPPY. 5. In low spirits: blue, dejected, depressed, dispirited, down, downcast, downhearted, dull, dysphoric, gloomy, heavy-hearted, low, melancholic, melancholy, sad, spiritless, tristful, unhappy, wistful. Idiom: down at (or in) the mouth. See HAPPY. II verb To destroy completely as or as if by conquering: devastate, ravage, waste. Idiom: lay waste. See HELP.

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