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DESOLATORY Synonyms

There are 13 synonyms of the word desolatory. (exact relations)
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barren
adjectiveadj
noun

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

adjective satellite

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• not bearing offspring

• completely wanting or lacking

bleak
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• offering little or no hope

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• unpleasantly cold and damp

desolate
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• providing no shelter or sustenance

• crushed by grief

verb

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

• reduce in population

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

dreary
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking in liveliness or charm or surprise

• causing dejection

forlorn
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• marked by or showing hopelessness

gloomy
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• depressingly dark

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

grim
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty

• shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

• harshly ironic or sinister

• harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• causing dejection

inhospitable
adjectiveadj
adjective

• unfavorable to life or growth

• not hospitable

lifeless
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• deprived of life; no longer living

• destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings

• lacking animation or excitement or activity

• not having the capacity to support life

lonely
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• lacking companions or companionship

• marked by dejection from being alone

• characterized by or preferring solitude

• devoid of creatures

stark
adjectiveadj
adverb

• to the fullest degree

adjective satellite

• devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

• severely simple

• complete or extreme

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• providing no shelter or sustenance

vacant
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• without an occupant or incumbent

• devoid of intelligence or thought

waste
verb, nounv, n
noun

• any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted

• useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly

• the trait of wasting resources

• an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation

• (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect

adjective satellite

• located in a dismal or remote area; desolate

verb

• spend thoughtlessly; throw away

• use inefficiently or inappropriately

• dispose of

• run off as waste

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• spend extravagantly

• lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief

• cause to grow thin or weak

• cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly

• become physically weaker

Alternatives for BARREN

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