adj lost to shame; dissolute.
2. desolate ·adj destitute of; lacking in.
3. desolate ·adj left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
4. desolate ·adj laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
5. desolate ·vt to lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
6. desolate ·vt to make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
7. desolate ·adj destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.