Meaning & use
desolate
Empty, bleak, and lacking signs of life or comfort, or feeling utterly lonely and hopeless.
See it in a sentence
The abandoned mining town looked desolate, its streets empty and windows broken.
She felt desolate after moving to a new city where she knew no one.
A note on using this word
Desolate describes both physical places stripped of life and an intense emotional sense of loneliness or despair.
Words with a similar meaning
bleakforlorn
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Words with an opposite meaning
thriving
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