🏜️desolate

Meaning

Empty, bleak, and without people; feeling very sad and lonely.

deserted; lonely; barren

Example Sentences

The once lively town now stood desolate after the flood.

The abandoned village looked desolate and empty.

Example Expressions

desolate wasteland

Synonyms

bleak, deserted, empty, lonely, barren, forsaken, isolated

Entry 1

bleak, deserted, empty, lonely, barren

Entry 2

barren, deserted, forsaken, isolated

Antonyms

lively, populated, cheerful, bustling, thriving

Entry 1

lively, populated, cheerful

Entry 2

populated, bustling, thriving, lively

Collocations

desolate land, desolate feeling, desolate place, desolate landscape, feel desolate

Entry 1

desolate land, desolate feeling, desolate place

Entry 2

desolate landscape, desolate place, feel desolate