desolate
adjective12 collocationsAvg. frequency: 6.7
To strongly emphasize the unhappiness of a person.
To strongly emphasize the emptiness of a place.
To emphasize the emptiness of a place.
To moderately emphasize the emptiness of a place.
be desolate8.0
To describe the state of a place being empty and depressing, or a person being very unhappy.
To have an appearance of being very unhappy.
Used to describe a person's internal feeling of great unhappiness and loneliness.
To appear empty and depressing (a place) or very unhappy (a person).
To enter a state of being empty (a place) or very unhappy (a person).
To have a voice that conveys great unhappiness.
To cause a place to become empty and depressing.
Used for buildings or places that remain in an empty, depressing state.