desolate 音标拼音: [d'ɛsələt] [d'ɛzələt] [d'ɛsəl
, et]
a . 荒凉的
荒凉的
desolate adj 1 :
providing no shelter or sustenance ; "
bare rocky hills ";
"
barren lands "; "
the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes "; "
the desolate surface of the moon "; "
a stark landscape " [
synonym : {
bare }, {
barren }, {
bleak }, {
desolate },
{
stark }]
2 :
crushed by grief ; "
depressed and desolate of soul "; "
a low desolate wail "
v 1 :
leave someone who needs or counts on you ;
leave in the lurch ; "
The mother deserted her children " [
synonym : {
abandon },
{
forsake }, {
desolate }, {
desert }]
2 :
reduce in population ; "
The epidemic depopulated the countryside " [
synonym : {
depopulate }, {
desolate }]
3 :
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly ; "
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion " [
synonym : {
lay waste to }, {
waste }, {
devastate }, {
desolate }, {
ravage }, {
scourge }]
Desolate \
Des "
o *
late \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Desolated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Desolating }.]
1 .
To make desolate ;
to leave alone ;
to deprive of inhabitants ;
as ,
the earth was nearly desolated by the flood .
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2 .
To lay waste ;
to ruin ;
to ravage ;
as ,
a fire desolates a city .
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Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war .
--
Sparks .
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Desolate \
Des "
o *
late \,
a . [
L .
desolatus ,
p .
p .
of desolare to leave alone ,
forsake ;
de -
solare to make lonely ,
solus alone .
See {
Sole },
a .]
1 .
Destitute or deprived of inhabitants ;
deserted ;
uninhabited ;
hence ,
gloomy ;
as ,
a desolate isle ;
a desolate wilderness ;
a desolate house .
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I will make Jerusalem . . .
a den of dragons ,
and I will make the cities of Judah desolate ,
without an inhabitant . --
Jer .
ix .
11 .
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And the silvery marish flowers that throng The desolate creeks and pools among . --
Tennyson .
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2 .
Laid waste ;
in a ruinous condition ;
neglected ;
destroyed ;
as ,
desolate altars .
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3 .
Left alone ;
forsaken ;
lonely ;
comfortless .
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Have mercy upon ,
for I am desolate . --
Ps .
xxv .
16 .
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Voice of the poor and desolate . --
Keble .
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4 .
Lost to shame ;
dissolute . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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5 .
Destitute of ;
lacking in . [
Obs .]
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I were right now of tales desolate . --
Chaucer .
Syn :
Desert ;
uninhabited ;
lonely ;
waste .
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200 Moby Thesaurus words for "
desolate ":
abandoned ,
acarpous ,
acheronian ,
afflict ,
aggrieve ,
agonize ,
alone ,
anguish ,
annihilate ,
arid ,
bare ,
barren ,
black ,
bleak ,
break down ,
bring to ruin ,
bring to tears ,
celibate ,
cheerless ,
childless ,
comfortless ,
condemn ,
confound ,
consume ,
crush ,
crushed ,
cut up ,
damn ,
dark ,
daunt ,
deal destruction ,
decimate ,
deep -
troubled ,
defenseless ,
deject ,
dejected ,
demolish ,
depopulate ,
depredate ,
depress ,
depressed ,
desecrate ,
desert ,
deserted ,
desole ,
despoil ,
despondent ,
destitute ,
destroy ,
destroyed ,
devastate ,
devastated ,
devour ,
disconsolate ,
discourage ,
discouraged ,
dishearten ,
dismal ,
dismay ,
dispeople ,
dispirit ,
dispirited ,
dissolve ,
distressed ,
down ,
downcast ,
downhearted ,
drained ,
draw tears ,
drear ,
dreary ,
dried -
up ,
dry ,
embitter ,
empty ,
engorge ,
excruciate ,
exhausted ,
fallow ,
fatherless ,
forlorn ,
forsaken ,
friendless ,
fruitless ,
funereal ,
gaunt ,
gelded ,
gloomy ,
gobble ,
gobble up ,
godforsaken ,
grieve ,
gut ,
gut with fire ,
havoc ,
heart -
stricken ,
heart -
struck ,
heartsick ,
heartsore ,
helpless ,
homeless ,
hopeless ,
impotent ,
incinerate ,
inconsolable ,
ineffectual ,
infecund ,
infertile ,
inundate ,
isolated ,
issueless ,
jejune ,
joyless ,
kithless ,
lay in ruins ,
lay waste ,
leached ,
lonely ,
low -
spirited ,
melancholy ,
menopausal ,
miserable ,
motherless ,
mournful ,
murky ,
neglected ,
nonfertile ,
nonproducing ,
nonproductive ,
nonprolific ,
obliterate ,
oppress ,
outcast ,
overwhelm ,
pillage ,
poor ,
poverty -
stricken ,
prostrate ,
ravage ,
ravaged ,
raze ,
remote ,
ruin ,
ruinate ,
ruined ,
sack ,
sad ,
sadden ,
shipwreck ,
sick ,
sick at heart ,
sine prole ,
solitary ,
somber ,
sorrow ,
sorrowful ,
soul -
sick ,
spiritless ,
spoliate ,
sterile ,
stricken ,
sucked dry ,
suicidal ,
swallow up ,
teemless ,
throw into disorder ,
torment ,
torture ,
unconsolable ,
uncouth ,
uncultivated ,
unfertile ,
unfrequented ,
unfriended ,
unfruitful ,
unhappy ,
uninhabited ,
unleash destruction ,
unleash the hurricane ,
unoccupied ,
unpeople ,
unplowed ,
unproductive ,
unprolific ,
unsown ,
untilled ,
upheave ,
vacant ,
vandalize ,
vaporize ,
virgin ,
waste ,
wasted ,
without issue ,
woebegone ,
woeful ,
wrack ,
wreak havoc ,
wreck ,
wretched
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