Desolateness
31desolate — adjective /ˈdɛsələt / (say desuhluht), /ˈdɛz / (say dez ) 1. barren or laid waste; devastated. 2. deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted. 3. left alone; lonely. 4. having the feeling of being abandoned by friends or by hope. 5. dreary;… …
32desolate — [des′ə lit; ] for v. [, des′əlāt΄] adj. [ME desolat < L desolatus, pp. of desolare, to leave alone, forsake, strip of inhabitants < de , intens. + solare, to make lonely < solus, SOLE2] 1. left alone; lonely; solitary 2. uninhabited;… …
33desolate — adj. & v. adj. 1 left alone; solitary. 2 (of a building or place) uninhabited, ruined, neglected, barren, dreary, empty (a desolate moor). 3 forlorn; wretched; miserable (was left desolate and weeping). v.tr. 1 depopulate or devastate; lay waste… …
