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desolate

ADJ ว่างเปล่า ซึ่ง ถูก ละทิ้ง ซึ่ง รกร้าง deserted forsaken barren wang-plao

desolate

ADJ หดหู่ใจ หดหู่ เหี่ยวแห้ง ไร้ ความสุข dispirited heartsick hopeful cheerful hod-hu-jai

desolate

ADJ อ้างว้าง โดดเดี่ยว เหงา ang-weng

desolate

VT ทำให้ ว่างเปล่า ทำให้ ไม่มี ผู้คน ปล่อย ให้ ร้าง depopulate dispeople tam-hai-wang-plao

desolate

VT ทำให้ ไม่ มีความสุข ทำให้ โศกเศร้า ทำให้ ทุกข์ทรมาน distress sadden tam-hai-mai-me-kwam-suk

desolately

ADV อย่าง หดหู่ใจ อย่าง ไม่ มีความสุข yang-hod-hu-jai

desolateness

N ความอ้างว้าง โดดเดี่ยว

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DESOLATE

a. 1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; desert; uninhabited; denoting either stripped of inhabitants, or never having been inhabitated; as a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness.
I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jeremiah 9:11.
2. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as desolate altars; desolate towers. Ezek. Zeph.
3. Solitary; without a companion; afflicted.
Tamar remained desolate in Absaloms house. 2 Samuel 13:2 .
4. Deserted of God; deprived of comfort.
My heart within me is desolate. Psalm 143:4.

DESOLATE

v.t.[L. To lay waste, alone. ] 1. To deprive of inhabitants; to make desert. The earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; to destroy improvements or works of art. An inundation desolates fields. Whole countries have been desolated by armies.

DESOLATED

pp. Deprived of inhabitants; wasted; ruined.

DESOLATELY

adv. In a desolate manner.

DESOLATER

n.One who lays waste or desolates; that which desolates.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DESOLATE

Des "o *late, a. Etym: [L. desolatus, p. p. of desolare to leave alone, forsake; de- + solare to make lonely, solus alone. See Sole, a.]

1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house. I will make Jerusalem. .. a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. Jer. ix. 11. And the silvery marish flowers that throng The desolate creeks and pools among. Tennyson.

2. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.

3. Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless. Have mercy upon, for I am desolate. Ps. xxv. 16. Voice of the poor and desolate. Keble.

4. Lost to shame; dissolute. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

5. Destitute of; lacking in. [Obs. ] I were right now of tales desolate. Chaucer.

Syn. -- Desert; uninhabited; lonely; waste.

DESOLATE

Des "o *late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desolated; p. pr. & vb. n.Desolating. ]

1. To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.

2. To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city. Constructed in the very heart of a desolating war. Sparks.

DESOLATELY

DESOLATELY Des "o *late *ly, adv.

Defn: In a desolate manner.

DESOLATENESS

DESOLATENESS Des "o *late *ness, n.

Defn: The state of being desolate.

DESOLATER

DESOLATER Des "o *la `ter, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste. Mede.

New American Oxford Dictionary

desolate

des o late ▶adjective |ˈdesəlit ˈdɛsələt |(of a place ) deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness: a desolate moor. • feeling or showing misery, unhappiness, or loneliness: I suddenly felt desolate and bereft. ▶verb |ˈdesəˌlāt ˈdɛsəˌleɪt | [ with obj. ] make (a place ) bleakly and depressingly empty or bare: the droughts that desolated the dry plains. • (usu. be desolated ) make (someone ) feel utterly wretched and unhappy: he was desolated by the deaths of his treasured friends. DERIVATIVES des o late ly adverb, des o late ness |-litnis |noun, des o la tor |-ˌlātər |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin desolatus ‘abandoned, ’ past participle of desolare, from de- ‘thoroughly ’ + solus ‘alone. ’

Oxford Dictionary

desolate

deso |late ▶adjective |ˈdɛs (ə )lət | 1 (of a place ) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness: a desolate Pennine moor. 2 feeling or showing great unhappiness or loneliness: I suddenly felt desolate and bereft. ▶verb |ˈdɛsəleɪt | [ with obj. ] 1 make (a place ) appear bleakly empty: the droughts that desolated the dry plains. 2 make (someone ) feel utterly wretched and unhappy: he was desolated by the deaths of his treasured friends. DERIVATIVES desolately |-lətli |adverb, desolateness |-lətnɪs |noun, desolator |-leɪtə |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin desolatus ‘abandoned ’, past participle of desolare, from de- ‘thoroughly ’ + solus ‘alone ’.

American Oxford Thesaurus

desolate

desolate adjective 1 the desolate prairie: bleak, stark, bare, dismal, grim; wild, inhospitable; deserted, uninhabited, godforsaken, abandoned, unpeopled, untenanted, empty, barren; unfrequented, unvisited, isolated, remote. ANTONYMS populous. 2 the news of Rudolph's disappearance left them desolate: miserable, despondent, depressed, disconsolate, devastated, despairing, inconsolable, broken-hearted, grief-stricken, crushed, bereft; sad, unhappy, downcast, down, dejected, forlorn, upset, distressed; informal blue, cut up. ANTONYMS joyful. ▶verb 1 droughts desolated the plains: devastate, ravage, ruin, lay waste to; level, raze, demolish, wipe out, obliterate. 2 she was desolated by the loss of her husband: dishearten, depress, sadden, cast down, make miserable, weigh down, crush, upset, distress, devastate; informal shatter.

Oxford Thesaurus

desolate

desolate adjective 1 the loch was bounded by desolate moorlands: barren, bleak, stark, bare, dismal, grim; desert, waste, arid, sterile; wild, windswept, inhospitable, exposed. ANTONYMS fertile. 2 a desolate building on a lonely island: deserted, uninhabited, unoccupied, depopulated, forsaken, godforsaken, abandoned, unpeopled, untenanted, evacuated; empty, vacated, vacant; unfrequented, unvisited, solitary, lonely, secluded, isolated, remote. ANTONYMS populous. 3 she is desolate because she had to disappoint you: miserable, sad, unhappy, melancholy, gloomy, glum, despondent, comfortless, depressed, mournful, disconsolate; broken-hearted, heavy-hearted, grief-stricken; wretched, downcast, cast down, dejected, downhearted, dispirited, devastated, despairing, inconsolable, anguished, crushed, forlorn, crestfallen, upset, distressed, grieving, woebegone, bereft, in low spirits; informal blue, down, cut up. ANTONYMS joyful. ▶verb 1 the droughts that desolated the dry plains: devastate, ravage, ruin, make /leave desolate, leave in ruins, destroy, wreck, lay waste to, wreak havoc on; level, raze, demolish, wipe out, obliterate, annihilate, gut; depopulate, empty; rare depredate, spoliate. 2 she was desolated by the sudden loss of her husband: dishearten, dispirit, daunt, distress, depress, make sad /unhappy, sadden, cast down, deject, make miserable, make gloomy /despondent, weigh down, oppress; informal shatter, floor. ANTONYMS cheer.

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

desolate

des o late /dés (ə )lət / (! 形容詞と動詞で発音が異なるので注意 ) 〖de (完全に ) solate (1人にされた )〗形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈場所などが〉人気のない ; 荒れ果てた ; 活気のない ▸ a desolate street 人気のない通り 2 〈人が〉孤独な , 寂しい, わびしい, 心細い ; 惨めな ▸ desolate kids 孤独な子供たち ▸ She lived a desolate life after he went away .彼が去った後彼女は寂しい生活を送った動詞 /désəlèɪt /他動詞｟文｠1 〖通例be ～d 〗〈人が〉孤独を感じる , 寂しく思う, 心細くなる ▸ He was desolated by his dog's death .彼は愛犬が死に寂しかった 2 〖通例be ～d 〗〈場所が〉荒廃した , 寂しくなった ▸ a desolated town 荒廃した町 3 〈人〉を見捨てる .～ly 副詞荒れて, 荒涼として ; 寂しく .

desolated

d é s o l à t ed /-ɪd /形容詞＝desolate .