desolate
gb/dˈɛsəlɪt/ us/dˈɛsəlɪt/
B2
Αγγλικά
~ 4600
Σημασίες
0 σημασίες
adjective
B2
property
1
Empty and lifeless
Used to talk about a place with no people, plants, or activity.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[a place] is desolate
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse 'desolate' with 'isolated'. 'Isolated' means far from other places, but 'desolate' also means empty and lifeless.
Συνώνυμα
barren (Focuses more on the inability to support life, especially plant life.)
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bleak (Emphasizes harshness and lack of comfort in addition to emptiness.)
Αντώνυμα
populated (Describes a place with many people living there.)
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fertile (Describes land that can support abundant plant life.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
desolate landscape
|desolate area
|desolate street
|desolate plain
Θέματα
geography
|nature
|travel
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- The once-busy town was now desolate after the factory closed.
- A desolate stretch of highway ran through the desert.
- The island looked desolate, with no signs of human habitation.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- The beach was desolate after the storm.
- This road is long and desolate.
- The farm is in a desolate area.
adjective
literary
C1
state
2
Very sad and lonely
Feeling very sad and alone.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[someone] feels desolate
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may confuse 'desolate' with 'lonely'. 'Lonely' is common and neutral, while 'desolate' is stronger and more literary.
Συνώνυμα
forlorn (Implies sadness with a sense of abandonment.)
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heartbroken (Stronger focus on emotional pain from loss.)
Αντώνυμα
comforted (Feeling supported or reassured.)
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content (Feeling satisfied and at peace.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
feel desolate
|look desolate
|emotionally desolate
Θέματα
emotions
|psychology
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- After the breakup, she felt utterly desolate.
- He looked desolate when he heard the news.
- The loss left him emotionally desolate for months.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- She felt desolate after her friend left.
- He was desolate when his dog died.
- I felt desolate when I moved to a new city.
Ρήμα
formal
C2
action
3
Make a place empty and lifeless
To make a place empty and without life.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
to desolate [a place]
Συνώνυμα
devastate (Often used for destruction caused by disaster or war.)
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ravage (Implies severe and often violent damage.)
Αντώνυμα
repopulate (To bring people back to live in a place.)
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restore (To bring something back to a good condition or to life.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
war desolated the city
|desolated countryside
Θέματα
geography
|history
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- The hurricane desolated the coastal towns.
- Years of drought had desolated the farmland.
- War had desolated much of the region.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- The fire desolated the forest.
- The war desolated the city.
- The storm desolated the island.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
desolate
IPA
GB/dˈɛsəlɪt/
US/dˈɛsəlɪt/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
des - ol - ate (3 συλλαβές)
Stress on 1st syllable (des)
Τύποι λέξης
Adjective
- Base: desolate
Verb
- Base: desolate
- 3rd Person Singular: desolates
- Present Participle: desolating
- Past: desolated
Οικογένεια λέξεων
Forms
desolates
verb
desolating
verb
desolated
verb
Core family
desolation
noun C1
Related words
desolately
adverb
Εκφράσεις
desolate wilderness
1/dˈɛsəlɪt wˈɪldɚnəs/
fixed phrase
Empty, lifeless natural area
An empty place in nature with no people or signs of life.
Παραδείγματα
- They crossed a vast, desolate wilderness.
- The explorers were lost in a desolate wilderness.
leave someone desolate
1/lˈiv sˈʌmwˌʌn dˈɛsəlɪt/
fixed phrase
Make someone feel very sad and alone
To make someone feel very sad and alone.
Παραδείγματα
- Her sudden departure left him desolate.
- The news of the accident left them desolate.