Definitions For Desolate

verb

  • Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
  • Reduce in population
  • Leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
  • To make (someone) feel very sad and lonely for a long time
  • To damage (a place) in such a way that it is no longer suitable for people to live in

adjective

  • Crushed by grief
  • Providing no shelter or sustenance

Is Desolate a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
10

The word Desolate is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Desolate in a Sentence

  • A desolate house abandoned many years ago
  • Destitute and desolate since her husband walked out on her
  • Totally desolated the city with aerial bombs

Synonyms for Desolate

Antonyms for Desolate

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