desolate

desolate
1. adjective
1) (ruinous, neglected, barren) trostlos [Haus, Ort]; desolat [Zustand]
2) (uninhabited) öde; verlassen
3) (forlorn, wretched) trostlos [Leben]; verzweifelt [Schrei]
2. transitive verb
1) (devastate) verwüsten [Land]
2) (make wretched) in Verzweiflung stürzen
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['desələt]
adjective
1) ((of landscapes, areas etc) very lonely or barren: desolate moorland.) unwirtlich
2) (very sad, lonely and unhappy.) trostlos
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deso·late
[ˈdesələt]
adj
1. (barren) trostlos
\desolate landscape/prospect trostlose Landschaft/Aussicht
2. (unhappy) niedergeschlagen
to feel \desolate sich akk niedergeschlagen fühlen
to look \desolate niedergeschlagen aussehen
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['desəlɪt]
1. adj
1) place (= bleak) trostlos; (= devastated) verwüstet; landscape trostlos, öde; beauty einsam
2) (= lonely, sad) person trostlos; feeling, cry verzweifelt

she looked desolate — sie wirkte trostlos

he was desolate without her — ohne sie fühlte er sich einsam und verlassen ['desəleɪt]

2. vt (liter)
place verwüsten
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desolate
A adj [ˈdesələt] (adv desolately)
1. wüst, verwüstet
2. einsam, verlassen:
a) unbewohnt
b) allein (nur präd), vereinsamt:
a desolate old woman
3. trostlos:
a) traurig (Gedanken etc)
b) öde (Gegend, Stunden etc)
B v/t [-leıt]
1. verwüsten
2. entvölkern
3. verlassen, einsam zurücklassen
4. trostlos oder elend machen
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1. adjective
1) (ruinous, neglected, barren) trostlos [Haus, Ort]; desolat [Zustand]
2) (uninhabited) öde; verlassen
3) (forlorn, wretched) trostlos [Leben]; verzweifelt [Schrei]
2. transitive verb
1) (devastate) verwüsten [Land]
2) (make wretched) in Verzweiflung stürzen
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v.
verwüsten v.

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