desolate
a. தனிமையில் விடப்பட்ட, துணையற்ற, மனித வாடையற்ற. மக்கட் குடியிருப்பில்லாத, கவர்ச்சியற்ற, பாலைவனம் போன்ற, பாழான, தரிசான, ஆறுதலற்ற, (வினை) தனிமைப்படுத்து, துணையற்ற நிலை உண்டுபண்ணு, மகிழ்ச்சியில்லாதாக்கு. வாழ்குடி மக்களை அப்புறப்படுத்து, பாழாக்கு தரிசாக்கு.
Synonyms
bereaved, forlorn, forsaken, comfortless, deserted, uninhabited,desert, wild, waste, bare, bleak, lonely #verb waste, spoil, sack, plunder, pillage, ravage, devastate,depopulate
Antonyms
cheered, cheerful, consoled, attended, cultivated, sheltered,fertile, luxuriant, animated, lively, gay, frequented #verb people, colonize, plant, develop, fertilize, cultivate, enrich,enliven
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. 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.