desolate
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Is desolate a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of desolate?
Definition
verb (English)
1. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurchExamples: "The mother deserted her children"Synonyms: abandon, desert, desolate, forsake
2. reduce in populationExamples: "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"Synonyms: depopulate, desolate
3. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterlyExamples: "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"Synonyms: desolate, devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste
adjective satellite (English)
1. providing no shelter or sustenanceExamples: "bare rocky hills"; "barren lands"; "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"Synonyms: bare, barren, bleak, desolate, stark
2. crushed by griefExamples: "depressed and desolate of soul"; "a low desolate wail"Synonyms: desolate
Definition source: Wiktionary