desolate

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To deprive of inhabitants.
2. To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
3. To abandon or forsake something.
4. To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

Adj

1. Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
2. Barren and lifeless.
3. Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.
4. Dismal or dreary.
5. Sad, forlorn and hopeless.

Concepts

désolé

désert

🏜️

ravager

désoler

sombre

abandonné

morne

détruire

inhabité

quitter

seul

solitaire

dévaster

nu

violent

délaissé

ruiner

saccager

au désespoir

désolée

fruste

grossier

abandonner

livrer

délaisser

Synonymes

lonely

deserted

dreary

forlorn

lonesome

solitary

desert

🏜️

uninhabited

bleak

barren

devastate

waste

depopulate

alone

abandoned

forsaken

gaunt

gloomy

abandon

wild

secluded

stark

lay waste to

ravage

derelict

bare

empty

lone

unoccupied

scourge

neglected

disconsolate

sad

☹️

forsake

isolated

unpopulated

vacant

uninhabitable

distress

out of the way

dismal

ruined

lay waste

mournful

harsh

quiet

heartsick

inconsolable

destroy

savage

Traductions

verlassen

öde

desolado

desolado

έρημος

desolato

somber

devastare

troosteloos

desolare

verlaten

trostlos

abbandonato

deserto

eenzaam

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈdɛsələt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: desolate

In summary

From Middle English desolaten (“to desolate”), from desolat(e) (“desolate”), from Latin dēsōlātus, perfect passive participle of dēsōlō (“to leave alone, make lonely, lay waste, desolate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more.