DESOLATE

desolate. desolate, left alone, or forsaken

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desolate. Desolate, v.t. to lay or make waste, to deprive of

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‖Des″o‐late (?), a. [[L. desolatus, p. p. of desolare to leave alone, forsake; de- + solare to make lonely, solus alone. See Sole, a.]] 1. 1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.
I will make Jerusalem . . . a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jer. ix. 11. And the silvery marish flowers that throng The desolate creeks and pools among. Tennyson. 2. 2. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
3. 3. Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
Have mercy upon, for I am desolate. Ps. xxv. 16. Voice of the poor and desolate. Keble. 4. 4. Lost to shame; dissolute. Chaucer.
5. 5. Destitute of; lacking in.
I were right now of tales desolate. Chaucer. Syn. — Desert; uninhabited; lonely; waste.