desolatest

Adjective

desolate (comparative more desolate, superlative most desolate)

1. Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
   • a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house

   Synonyms:

   peopleless, uninhabited, abandoned, derelict, desert, deserted, discarded, dropped, forlorn, forsaken

   Antonyms:

   inhabited, populated

2. Barren and lifeless.

   Synonyms:

   dearthful, scrunty, sere, sterile

   Antonyms:

   fertile

3. Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.
   • desolate altars

   Synonyms:

   devastated, empty, forsaken, ravaged, wasted

4. Dismal or dreary.

   Synonyms:

   bleak, gloomy, cheerless, comfortless, dark, morose, depressing, dire, disconsolate, dismal

   Antonyms:

   cheerful

5. Sad, forlorn and hopeless.
   • He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.

   Synonyms:

   miserable, sorrowful, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless

   Antonyms:

   comforting

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