desolate - Meaning in Tamil

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desolate - Meaning in Tamil

desolate Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of desolate in English

desolate adjective

1. crushed by grief

   Examples

   • "a low desolate wail"
   • "depressed and desolate of soul"
2. providing no shelter or sustenance

   Synonyms

   bare, bare, barren, barren, bleak, stark, stark

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   Examples

   • "a stark landscape"
   • "bare rocky hills"
   • "barren lands"
   • "the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes"
   • "the desolate surface of the moon"

desolate verb

1. cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

   Synonyms

   devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste

   Example

   • "The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion"
2. reduce in population

   Synonyms

   depopulate

   Example

   • "The epidemic depopulated the countryside"
3. leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

   Synonyms

   abandon, desert, forsake

   Example

   • "The mother deserted her children"

Synonyms of desolate

• devastate, lay waste to, ravage, scourge, waste
• depopulate
• abandon, desert, forsake
• bare, barren, bleak, stark

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