All 3 Uses of
desolate
in
Wuthering Heights
- A perfect misanthropist's heaven: and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us.†
Chpt 1 *
- She was the most winning thing that ever brought sunshine into a desolate house: a real beauty in face, with the Earnshaws' handsome dark eyes, but the Lintons' fair skin and small features, and yellow curling hair.†
Chpt 18
- 'I'm glad to see you out of doors again, Mr. Lockwood,' he said, in reply to my greeting; 'from selfish motives partly: I don't think I could readily supply your loss in this desolation.†
Chpt 31
Definition:
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(desolate as in: felt desolate) sad or miserable--and often lonely