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desolater definition
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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 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")
desolater definition
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