Synonyms and antonyms of desolate in English

desolate

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NOT HAVING ANY THINGS OR PEOPLE IN IT

The house stood in a bleak, desolate landscape.

Synonyms and examples

empty
I heard laughter, but the room was empty.
deserted
It was three o'clock in the morning and the streets were deserted.
depopulated
After the famine, the area was seriously depopulated.
uninhabited
The island is uninhabited.
unoccupied
The flat is currently unoccupied.
bare
The room was completely bare.
unfurnished
The house was unfurnished.
vacant
The hospital has no vacant beds.
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Antonyms and examples

crowded
The beach was far too crowded yesterday.
busy
The shops are so busy the day before Christmas!
bustling
The high street was nearly deserted ten years ago, but now it's bustling.
inhabited
The area has been inhabited by nomadic tribesmen for centuries.
furnished
The flat came fully furnished.
occupied
All the rooms in the hotel are occupied.
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If something is empty, it does not have any things or people in it.

FEELING SAD AND ALONE

After the market crash, desolate financiers left the field.

Synonyms and examples

lonely
I've been lonely since my friends moved away.
lonesome
US
I'm feeling lonesome.
isolated
I wouldn't like living out in the country - I'd feel isolated from the rest of the world.
forlorn
literary
The characters, a flighty heiress and her forlorn suitor, are a delight.
lorn
literary
He's a lone, lorn creature.
desolated
We are desolated, Colonel, that the regiment is to leave.
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If a person is lonely they feel sad and alone.
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desolate | American Thesaurus

desolate

adjective
These are words and phrases related to desolate. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of desolate.
After the war the town was a desolate place.

desolate

verb
Many coastal towns were desolated by the hurricane.
We were desolated by the death of our good friend.
Synonyms for desolate from Random House Roget's College Thesaurus, Revised and Updated Edition © 2000 Random House, Inc.

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