From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English desolate des‧o‧late 1 / ˈdesələt / adjective 1 EMPTY a place that is desolate is and looks because there are no people there a desolate landscape 2 SAD/UNHAPPY someone who is desolate feels very sad and — desolately adverb — desolation / ˌdesəˈleɪʃ ən / noun uncountable Examples from the Corpus desolate. The little was desolate. Radin's body was found in a desolate about 65 of Los Angeles. One with misgiving the last on desolate Eldey. We looked out over a desolate of. The desolate quietness was almost. In some of the more desolate, half of the is out of work.
To people who work all day this is one of the most desolate sounds known. We sat still in the desolate for several hours before we that evidently we were to go. the desolate of the. There are of land throughout the States that have become so desolate they are the of. The was similarly desolate, while the, public and a have closed. But downtown is desolate with empty. Desolate des‧o‧late 2 / ˈdesəleɪt / verb transitive literary SAD/UNHAPPY to make someone feel very sad and lonely SYN devastate David was desolated by his wife’s death.
Desolated is a band from the UK. Primarily playing groove metal/metalcore but started off as deathcore prior. Members: Paul Williams Rich Unsworth Mitch White Dan Ford Releases: The Birth Of Corruption. Vespasian could be liberal to impoverished senators and knights, to cities and towns desolated by natural calamity, and especially to men of letters and of the professor class, several of whom he pensioned with salaries of as much as £boo a year.
Grammar Desolate is usually passive. — desolated adjective Examples from the Corpus desolate. Lesley-Jane was desolated, but desolated. Andropulos was desolated by the deaths of his friends. had desolated the town. Origin desolate 1 (1300-1400 ) Latin desolatus, from solus “alone ”.