All 17 Uses of
desolate
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight.
p. 15.5 *desolation = emptiness that provides no shelter or sustenance
- One sudden and desolating change had taken place; but a thousand little circumstances might have by degrees worked other alterations, which, although they were done more tranquilly, might not be the less decisive.
p. 76.2desolating = causing sadness or misery
- Before, I had only imagined the wretchedness of my desolated home; the reality came on me as a new, and a not less terrible, disaster.
p. 79.9desolated = made sad and miserable
- And my father's woe, and the desolation of that late so smiling home all was the work of my thrice-accursed hands!
p. 90.5 *desolation = destruction (creation of anguish and misery)
- It is a scene terrifically desolate. In a thousand spots the traces of the winter avalanche may be perceived, where trees lie broken and strewed on the ground, some entirely destroyed, others bent, leaning upon the jutting rocks of the mountain or transversely upon other trees.
p. 100.4desolate = destroyed
- It was dark when I awoke; I felt cold also, and half frightened, as it were, instinctively, finding myself so desolate.
p. 105.9 *desolate = miserable and alone
- The labours I endured were no longer to be alleviated by the bright sun or gentle breezes of spring; all joy was but a mockery which insulted my desolate state and made me feel more painfully that I was not made for the enjoyment of pleasure.
p. 143.9desolate = miserable
- If, therefore, I could seize him and educate him as my companion and friend, I should not be so desolate in this peopled earth.
p. 144.3desolate = miserable and lonely
- I too can create desolation; my enemy is not invulnerable; this death will carry despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall torment and destroy him.
p. 144.8desolation = sadness and misery
- Shall I create another like yourself, whose joint wickedness might desolate the world.
p. 147.6desolate = destroy or make miserable
- Have a care; I will work at your destruction, nor finish until I desolate your heart, so that you shall curse the hour of your birth.
p. 148.2desolate = destroy (make miserable)
- Three years before, I was engaged in the same manner and had created a fiend whose unparalleled barbarity had desolated my heart and filled it forever with the bitterest remorse.
p. 170.3desolated = destroyed
- The cold is excessive, and many of my unfortunate comrades have already found a grave amidst this scene of desolation.
p. 216.6desolation = destruction
- It is well that you come here to whine over the desolation that you have made.
p. 223.1
- Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.
p. 223.9desolation = sadness and misery
- I thought of Switzerland; it was far different from this desolate and appalling landscape.†
p. 168.9
- Know that, one by one, my friends were snatched away; I was left desolate.†
p. 201.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(desolate as in: felt desolate) sad or miserable--and often lonely
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(2)
(desolate as in: a desolate place) empty, providing no shelter or sustenance
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(3)
(desolate as in: desolated the region) destroyed; or emptied of people; or emptied of most plants and animals
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)