انگریزی

desolate

gb/dˈɛsəlɪt/ us/dˈɛsəlɪt/
B2 انگریزی
~ 4600
معانی
0 معانی
adjective B2 property
1

Empty and lifeless

Used to talk about a place with no people, plants, or activity.

استعمال کا انداز: [a place] is desolate
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes confuse 'desolate' with 'isolated'. 'Isolated' means far from other places, but 'desolate' also means empty and lifeless.
ہم معنی الفاظ
barren (Focuses more on the inability to support life, especially plant life.) | bleak (Emphasizes harshness and lack of comfort in addition to emptiness.)
متضاد الفاظ
populated (Describes a place with many people living there.) | fertile (Describes land that can support abundant plant life.)
لفظی تراکیب
desolate landscape |desolate area |desolate street |desolate plain
موضوعات
geography |nature |travel |core_vocabulary
مثالیں
  • 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.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
  • 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.

استعمال کا انداز: [someone] feels desolate
عام غلطی:
Learners may confuse 'desolate' with 'lonely'. 'Lonely' is common and neutral, while 'desolate' is stronger and more literary.
ہم معنی الفاظ
forlorn (Implies sadness with a sense of abandonment.) | heartbroken (Stronger focus on emotional pain from loss.)
متضاد الفاظ
comforted (Feeling supported or reassured.) | content (Feeling satisfied and at peace.)
لفظی تراکیب
feel desolate |look desolate |emotionally desolate
موضوعات
emotions |psychology |core_vocabulary
مثالیں
  • After the breakup, she felt utterly desolate.
  • He looked desolate when he heard the news.
  • The loss left him emotionally desolate for months.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
  • She felt desolate after her friend left.
  • He was desolate when his dog died.
  • I felt desolate when I moved to a new city.
فعل formal C2 action
3

Make a place empty and lifeless

To make a place empty and without life.

استعمال کا انداز: to desolate [a place]
ہم معنی الفاظ
devastate (Often used for destruction caused by disaster or war.) | ravage (Implies severe and often violent damage.)
متضاد الفاظ
repopulate (To bring people back to live in a place.) | restore (To bring something back to a good condition or to life.)
لفظی تراکیب
war desolated the city |desolated countryside
موضوعات
geography |history |core_vocabulary
مثالیں
  • The hurricane desolated the coastal towns.
  • Years of drought had desolated the farmland.
  • War had desolated much of the region.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
  • The fire desolated the forest.
  • The war desolated the city.
  • The storm desolated the island.
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IPA
GB/dˈɛsəlɪt/
US/dˈɛsəlɪt/
ہجا بندی اور زور
des - ol - ate (3 ہجے)
Stress on 1st syllable (des)
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Adjective
  • Base: desolate
Verb
  • Base: desolate
  • 3rd Person Singular: desolates
  • Present Participle: desolating
  • Past: desolated
متعلقہ الفاظ
Forms
desolates verb desolating verb desolated verb
Core family
desolation noun C1
Related words
desolately adverb
عبارات

desolate wilderness

1
/dˈɛsəlɪt wˈɪldɚnəs/
fixed phrase

Empty, lifeless natural area

An empty place in nature with no people or signs of life.

مثالیں
  • 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.

مثالیں
  • Her sudden departure left him desolate.
  • The news of the accident left them desolate.

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