Hyphenation of desolate

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word desolate? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

des-o-late

Definitions of desolate:

1.
Leave someone who needs or counts on you
Leave in the lurch The mother deserted her children
2.
Reduce in population
The epidemic depopulated the countryside
3.
Cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
The enemy lay waste to the countryside after the invasion
4.
Providing no shelter or sustenance
Bare rocky hills Barren lands The bleak treeless regions of the high Andes The desolate surface of the moon A stark landscape
5.
Crushed by grief
Depressed and desolate of soul A low desolate wail

Synonyms of desolate:

adj bare, barren, bleak, stark, inhospitable
adj forlorn, godforsaken, lorn, forsaken
adj inconsolable, disconsolate, unconsolable
adj blasted, desolated, devastated, ravaged, ruined, wasted, destroyed
verb abandon, forsake, desert, leave
verb depopulate, shrink, reduce
verblay waste to, waste, devastate, ravage, scourge, destroy, ruin

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