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desolate definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb desolate 2 of 3 senses of desolate Sense 1 abandon, forsake, desolate, desert => expose => walk out => ditch => maroon, strand Sense 3 lay waste to waste, devastate, desolate, ravage => ruin Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb desolate 2 of 3 senses of desolate Sense 1 abandon, forsake, desolate, desert => expose => walk out => ditch => maroon, strand Sense 3 lay waste to waste, devastate, desolate, ravage => ruin Entailment of verb desolate Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb desolate 3 senses of desolate Sense 1 abandon, forsake, desolate, desert => leave Sense 2 depopulate, desolate => shrink, reduce Sense 3 lay waste to waste, devastate, desolate, ravage => destroy, ruin Familiarity of verb desolate desolate used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count = 3) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb desolate Sense 1 abandon, forsake, desolate, desert => leave -------------- Sense 2 depopulate, desolate => shrink, reduce -------------- Sense 3 lay waste to waste, devastate, desolate, ravage => destroy, ruin -------------- Overview of verb desolate The verb desolate has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. abandon, forsake, desolate, desert -- (leave someone who needs or counts on you leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children") 2. depopulate, desolate -- (reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside") 3. lay waste to waste, devastate, desolate, ravage -- (devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion") Overview of adj desolate The adj desolate has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark -- (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") 2. (1) desolate, forlorn, godforsaken, lorn -- (pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment; "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn") 3. desolate -- (crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail") 4. blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted -- (made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape") Antonyms of adj desolate 4 senses of desolate Sense 1 bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark INDIRECT (VIA inhospitable) -> hospitable Sense 2 desolate, forlorn, godforsaken, lorn INDIRECT (VIA forsaken) -> unforsaken Sense 3 desolate INDIRECT (VIA inconsolable) -> consolable Sense 4 blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted INDIRECT (VIA destroyed) -> preserved Similarity of adj desolate 4 senses of desolate Sense 1 bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark => inhospitable (vs. hospitable) Sense 2 desolate, forlorn, godforsaken, lorn => forsaken (vs. unforsaken) Sense 3 desolate => inconsolable (vs. consolable), disconsolate, unconsolable Sense 4 blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted => destroyed (vs. preserved) Attributes of adj desolate Familiarity of adj desolate desolate used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj desolate desolate desolated Overview of verb desolate The verb desolate has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. abandon, forsake, desolate, desert -- (leave someone who needs or counts on you leave in the lurch; "The mother deserted her children") 2. depopulate, desolate -- (reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside") 3. lay waste to waste, devastate, desolate, ravage -- (devastate or ravage; "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion") Overview of adj desolate The adj desolate has 4 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (4) bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark -- (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") 2. (1) desolate, forlorn, godforsaken, lorn -- (pitiable in circumstances especially through abandonment; "desolate and despairing"; "left forlorn") 3. desolate -- (crushed by grief; "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail") 4. blasted, desolate, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted -- (made uninhabitable; "upon this blasted heath"- Shakespeare; "a wasted landscape")
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