Clues for the word "DESOLATE"
We've had 30 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 52 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on October 26, 2025.
Definition of desolate
- a. - Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.
- a. - Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as, desolate altars.
- a. - Left alone; forsaken; lonely; comfortless.
- a. - Lost to shame; dissolute.
- a. - Destitute of; lacking in.
- v. t. - To make desolate; to leave alone; to deprive of inhabitants; as, the earth was nearly desolated by the flood.
- v. t. - To lay waste; to ruin; to ravage; as, a fire desolates a city.
Referring Clues
- Abandoned
- Godforsaken
- Barren
- Like a moonscape
- Uninhabited
- Forsaken
- Lonely
- Like ghost towns
- Deserted
- Devoid of life
- Like a ghost town
- Uninhabited (8)
- Forlorn
- Does, perhaps, at night appear lonely
- Forlorn and abandoned
- Don't win back the girl-friend, coming round most unhappy
- Forlorn miss stood up, taken in by boyfriend
- Forlorn - so elated (anag)
- Bare backdrop seen in time
- It's miserable to lose backing in meeting
- In despair, fail to get up in time
- Lay waste, despoil
- Lonely miss stood up during tryst
- Lose backing during meeting? That's extremely sad
- Be beaten up during meeting - it makes one very sad
- Drop round, breaking engagement, being wretched
- Very sorry, but it's uninhabited
- Fail to get back in time, becoming sad
- Ghost town-ish
- Bleak
Last Seen In
- Mirror Daily - October 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - June 21, 2024
- Mirror Daily - June 10, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 07, 2024
- Mirror Daily - March 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 09, 2024
- Mirror Daily - September 19, 2023
- Mirror Daily - April 20, 2023
- Mirror Daily - December 15, 2022
- Mirror Daily - December 14, 2022
- USA Today - January 09, 2018
- Mirror Daily - December 12, 2017
- Universal - November 27, 2017
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 24, 2017
- Mirror Daily - June 06, 2017
- Mirror Classic - June 02, 2017
- Mirror Daily - June 06, 2016
- Guardian Quiptic - May 02, 2016
- Evening Standard Quick - April 08, 2016
- Evening Standard Cryptic - January 15, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - December 20, 2015
- Guardian Everyman - May 31, 2015
- New York Times - April 28, 2013
- Guardian Quick - March 07, 2013
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - October 06, 2012
- USA Today - October 19, 2010
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 30, 2010
- Washington Post - June 27, 2010
- New York Times - January 10, 2010
- And in 22 more crossword puzzles...