All 3 Uses of
desolate
in
The Scarlet Letter
- At times this deep strain of pathos was all that could be heard, and scarcely heard sighing amid a desolate silence.
p. 227.0desolate = empty, lonely, or sad
- ...each leaves the passionate lover, or the no less passionate hater, forlorn and desolate by the withdrawal of his subject.
p. 242.8 *desolate = miserable and lonely
- On the threshold she paused—turned partly round—for perchance the idea of entering alone and all so changed, the home of so intense a former life, was more dreary and desolate than even she could bear.
p. 243.9desolate = sad and lonely
Definitions:
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(1)
(desolate as in: felt desolate) sad or miserable--and often lonely
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(2)
(desolate as in: a desolate place) empty, providing no shelter or sustenance
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(3)
(desolate as in: desolated the region) destroyed; or emptied of people; or emptied of most plants and animals