DESOLATE, adjective 1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; desert; uninhabited; denoting either stripped of inhabitants, or never having been inhabitated; as a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness. I will make the cities of Judah desolate without an inhabitant. Jeremiah 9:11. 2. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as desolate altars; desolate towers. Ezek. Zeph. 3. Solitary; without a companion; afflicted. Tamar remained desolate in Absaloms house. 2 Samuel 13:20. 4. Deserted of God; deprived of comfort. My heart within me is desolate Psalms 143:4.
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