English-Danish translations for desolate

• hærge
• lægge øde
• fortvivlet
• gøre fortvivlet
• gøre ulykkelig
• trøstesløs
  Trøstesløse vilkår på arbejdsmarkedet frister en lang række borgere til at smugle små mængder af tobaksprodukter over grænsen til fods for at øge deres indkomst. Desolate labour market conditions tempt numerous private individuals to smuggle small quantities of tobacco products across the border on foot as a way of boosting their incomes.
  Men vi må også i højere grad bekæmpe årsagerne til, at mange mennesker søger frelsen i flugten fra deres trøstesløse stater. However, we must also combat the causes of migration more intensively and the reasons prompting so many people to seek a remedy to their situation by fleeing from their desolate countries.
• ubeboet
• ulykkelig
• øde
  Europa var den gang et ødelagt, sultende og truet kontinent. At that point, Europe was a desolated, hungry and threatened continent.
  Til trods for disse tal og for de indlysende fordele for Cypern er byen forblevet øde. Despite these figures and the obvious benefit to Cyprus, the town has remained desolate.

Definition of desolate

• Deserted and devoid of inhabitants
• Barren and lifeless
• Dismal or dreary
• To deprive of inhabitants
• To devastate or lay waste somewhere
• To abandon or forsake something
• To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless

Examples

• a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house
• desolate altars
• He was left desolate by the early death of his wife.

Related words

• desolation
• desolateness
• desolator
• desolated