Featured Members

Edu Directory

If you provide tutoring or resources for GRE, GMAT, SAT, IELTS or any other exam, get your website listed in our Edu-Directory for FREE

desolate - Dictionary definition and meaning for desolate

DESOLATE

(verb) cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
"The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
synonyms : devastate , lay waste to , ravage , scourge , waste
The cyclone ravaged the whole city -added by sradha_inlas
(verb) reduce in population
"The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
synonyms : depopulate
(verb) leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
"The mother deserted her children"
synonyms : abandon , desert , forsake
(adj.) crushed by grief
"depressed and desolate of soul", "a low desolate wail"
(adj.) 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"
synonyms : bare , barren , bleak , stark
The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes provided him no shelter. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for desolate

(Tag: ) de + solate sounds like I + SOLATE..and who lives an isolated life? Obviously a person who has been ABANDONED by his family.
added by preetisoni2411 Edit Mnemonic

Was this mnemonic useful ? +11 -2
(Tag: ) I-SOLATE. Being the last survior after the destruction.
added by Pipppi Edit Mnemonic

Was this mnemonic useful ? +1 -0

Searched 736 times in total

Account Login

Forgot your password ?

New to Mnemonic Dictionary?