9 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
adjective providing no shelter or sustenance
adjective crushed by grief
originEtymology tree English desolate Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English desolater From desolate + -er.
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