How is the word désolé translated from French to English

English translation
Desolate
adjective

Vide, morne et sans personne ni confort.

Empty, bleak and without people or comfort.

Examples with “désolé”

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  • Ils ont traversé une étendue désolée de désert. — They crossed a desolate stretch of desert.

  • Elle se sentait désemparée après l'enterrement. — She felt desolate after the funeral.

  • L'ancienne ville minière paraît désolée en hiver. — The old mining town looks desolate in winter.

  • La lettre l'a laissé complètement désemparé. — The letter left him completely desolate.

  • Pourquoi cette plage est-elle si désolée en août ? — Why is this beach so desolate in August?

  • Ne reste pas là l'air désemparé, appelle un ami. — Don't sit there looking desolate — call a friend.

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