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.

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.