All 4 Uses
desolate
in
The Road, by McCarthy
(Edited)
- Desolate country.
desolate = empty, providing no shelter or sustenance
- Like the desolation of some alien sea breaking on the shores of a world unheard of.
desolation = a state of emptiness that provides no shelter or sustenance
- Desolate.
desolate = empty, providing no shelter or sustenance
- The dead grass thrashed softly. Out there a gray desolation.
*desolation = a state of emptiness that provides no shelter or sustenance
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
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)