8 Letter Words for Desolate
desolate
7 Letter Words for Desolate
delates, elodeas, estadel, oatseed, oleates, saltoed, solated, stealed
6 Letter Words for Desolate
adeste, aldose, ateles, dalets, delate, deltas, desalt, desole, easted, elated, elates, eldest, elodea, eosate, estado, lasted, leased, lested, lotase, odelet, oldest, olease, oleate, osteal, salted, saltee, sealed, sealet, seated, sedate, slated, sloted, solate, soldat, stadle, staled, steale, steeld, stolae, stoled, talose, teades, teased, teasel, teasle
5 Letter Words for Desolate
adlet, aedes, alods, aloed, aloes, alose, altos, astel, atees, atelo, atlee, atole, dales, dalet, dalts, dates, datos, deals, dealt, deets, deles, delta, delts, deota, desto, doats, doest, doles, dolts, dotal, dotes, eales, eased, easel, easle, elate, lades, lased, lated, leads, lease, least, leats, leeds, leets, lesed, leste, loads, loast, lodes, losed, lotas, lotes, odals, oelet, osela, salet, salto, sated, seeld, setae, setal, slade, slate, sleet, slete, sloat, slote, solde, solea, soled, stade, stale, stead, steal, stede, steed, steel, stela, stele, stoae, stola, stold, stole, taled, tales, teade, teads, teaed, teals, tease, teels, teles, telos, tesla, toads, todea, toeas, tolas, toled, toles, tosed, tsade
4 Letter Words for Desolate
adet, ados, alee, ales, alod, aloe, also, alto, alts, ated, ates, atle, daes, dale, dalo, dals, dalt, dase, dast, date, dato, deal, deas, dees, deet, dele, dels, delt, doat, does, dola, dole, dols, dolt, dosa, dose, dost, dote, dots, eale, ease, east, eats, edea, eels, elds, elod, else, elts, eole, etas, lade, lads, laet, laos, lase, last, late, lats, lead, leas, leat, leda, lede, leds, leed, lees, leet, leos, lese, lest, lete, leto, lets, load, lode, lods, loed, lose, lost, lota, lote, lots, oast, oats, odal, odas, odea, odel, odes, olds, olea, oles, sade, sado, sale, salt, satd, sate, seal, seat, seed, seel, seld, sele, selt, seta, slad, slat, sled, slee, slod, sloe, slot, soda, sola, sold, sole, stad, sted, stoa, stod, tade, tads, taed, tael, tald, tale, taos, tead, teal, teas, teds, teed, teel, tees, tela, teld, tele, tels, toad, toda, tode, tods, toea, toed, toes, tola, told, tole, tosa, tose
3 Letter Words for Desolate
ade, ado, ads, aes, ald, ale, alo, als, alt, ase, asl, ast, ate, dae, dal, dao, das, dat, dea, dee, del, des, det, dle, doa, doe, dol, dos, dot, dso, ead, eas, eat, edo, eds, eel, ela, eld, els, elt, eos, esd, ese, est, eta, lad, lao, las, lat, lea, led, lee, leo, les, let, loa, lod, loe, los, lot, lsd, lst, ltd, oad, oas, oat, oda, ode, ods, oes, ola, old, ole, ose, sad, sal, sao, sat, sea, sed, see, sel, set, sla, sld, sle, slt, sod, sol, sot, sta, std, tad, tal, tao, tas, tea, ted, tee, tel, tes, tlo, toa, tod, toe, tol, tos
Definitions for Desolate
[1] barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
[2] deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited.
[3] solitary; lonely: a desolate place.
[4] having the feeling of being abandoned by friends or by hope; forlorn.
[5] dreary; dismal; gloomy: desolate prospects.
[6] to lay waste; devastate.
[7] to deprive of inhabitants; depopulate.
[8] to make disconsolate.
[9] to forsake or abandon.
[10] uninhabited; deserted
[11] made uninhabitable; laid waste; devastated
[12] without friends, hope, or encouragement; forlorn, wretched, or abandoned
[13] gloomy or dismal; depressing
[14] to deprive of inhabitants; depopulate
[15] to make barren or lay waste; devastate
[16] to make wretched or forlorn
[17] to forsake or abandon
Words related to Desolate
lonely, uninhabited, isolated, dreary, bare, empty, lonesome, derelict, bleak, forlorn, abandoned, forsaken, ruined, destroyed, waste, desert, blue, dejected, down, black
Words nearby Desolate
desmoulins, desna, desnood, deso, desocialize, desolate, desolation, desonide, desorb, desorption, desoximetasone
Origin of Desolate
1325–75; Middle English < Latin dēsōlātus forsaken, past participle of dēsōlāre, equivalent to dē- de- + sōlāre to make lonely, derivative of sōlus sole1; see -ate1
Words that may be confused with Desolate
desolate, dissolute
Other words from Desolate
des·o·late·ly , adverb
des·o·late·ness , noun
des·o·lat·er , des·o·la·tor , noun
qua·si-des·o·late , adjective
qua·si-des·o·late·ly , adverb
Word origin for Desolate
C14: from Latin dēsōlāre to leave alone, from de- + sōlāre to make lonely, lay waste, from sōlus alone
Synonyms for Desolate
bare, bleak, derelict, dreary, empty, isolated, lonely, lonesome, uninhabited, abandoned, desert, destroyed, forsaken, ruined, waste, godforsaken, lorn, solitary, unfrequented, unoccupied, vacant, wild
