Palavras em English para 'desolate'
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noun
adj
noun
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- the trait of wasting resources
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
- Gradual loss or decay.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Excrement or urine.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- A vast expanse of water.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
verb
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
- dispose of
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- spend extravagantly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
adj
- located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
- in a state of extreme emotion
- fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
- in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
- without civilizing influences
- involving risk or danger
- marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- without a basis in reason or fact
- (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
- deviating widely from an intended course
- talking or behaving irrationally
- Furious; very angry.
- Very inaccurate; far off the mark.
- (electrical engineering) Of unregulated and varying frequency.
- Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
- Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
- (nautical, of a vessel) Hard to steer.
- (slang) Very unexpected; wildly surprising; crazy, diabolical.
- Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
- Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
- Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
- (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
- Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
- Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).
- Unrestrained or uninhibited.
- Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
- Enthusiastic.
- (slang) Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
- From or relating to wild creatures.
noun
- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
- Alternative form of weald.
- (chiefly in the plural) A wilderness.
- Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.
- (singular, with "the") The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
adv
verb
verb
- reduce to ruins
- fall into ruin
- deprive of virginity
- destroy or cause to fail
- destroy completely; damage irreparably
- reduce to bankruptcy
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
- (BDSM) To make (someone) have a ruined orgasm.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
- (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- (transitive, historical) To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- To destroy (e.g. a city) so as to leave ruins.
noun
- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
- an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
- an event that results in destruction
- destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
- the process of becoming dilapidated
- a ruined building
- (uncountable) Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
- (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- (BDSM) Clipping of ruined orgasm
- The act of ruining something.
- (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
noun
- An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
- (usually in the plural) In particular, a usually elevated and flat expanse of land that only supports the growth of small trees and shrubs, and sometimes mosses or heathers, berries, and other marshy or moory vegetation, but little agriculture and few people.
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
adj
- Mentally dull or unproductive; stupid or intellectually fallow.
- (of people and animals, not comparable) Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.
- Unproductive, fruitless, unprofitable; empty, hollow, vain.
- (of plants, not comparable) Not bearing seed or fruit.
- (of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
- Devoid of interest or attraction, poor, bleak.
- (with of) Devoid, lacking.
- completely wanting or lacking
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- not bearing offspring
noun
- a bleak and desolate atmosphere
- The state of being desolated or laid waste
- A place or country wasted and forsaken.
- sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
- an event that results in total destruction
- the state of being decayed or destroyed
- The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
noun
- a bleak and desolate atmosphere
- the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
- characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive
- The state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.
adj
- Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
- Naked.
- Stiff, rigid.
- Complete, absolute, full.
- Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- complete or extreme
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- severely simple
adv
adj
adj
verb
noun
- An area with no life.
- (ecology) An area of the ocean where oxygen levels are too low to support life, especially as a result of pollution.
- (video games) A region within the player's viewpoint that is less sensitive to small movements, aiding accurate firing of weapons etc.
- (telecommunications) A region where mobile phones do not operate because there is no base station or repeater nearby.
- (sports, gridiron football) The part of the field where a player is on their opponent's side of the field but kicking a field goal would probably be unsuccessful and punting the ball would not dramatically change field position.
- (military, historical) An area near a fortification that is relatively sheltered from defending fire because direct fire from other parts of the walls cannot be directed around a curved wall.
adj
- In a state of decay.
- Bad or terrible.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) Very drunk, intoxicated.
- Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
- Cruel, mean or immoral.
- Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
- damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
- having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
- very bad
adv
noun
- A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
- (figuratively) Any barren place or situation.
- (often in the plural; now chiefly technical (in philosophy) or fossil) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward.
- In particular, a barren, arid area of land which is hot, with sandy, rocky, or parched ground.
- arid land with little or no vegetation
- (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment
adj
verb
- To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
- To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
- leave behind
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
adj
- Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
- Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
- Performed, passed, or endured alone.
- Single; individual; sole.
- Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
- Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
- (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
- lacking companions or companionship
- characterized by or preferring solitude
- of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies
- being the only one; single and isolated from others
- devoid of creatures
noun
adj
noun
- Salvia nemorosa.
- Salvia pachyphylla.
- Eranthemum nervosum.
- Salvia clevelandii.
- Salvia azurea.
- blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States
- aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves
- sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivation
- Texas sage having intensely blue flowers
noun
- An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.
- (fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A black cat.
- (medicine, urology) An instance of urination.
- An empty space; a vacuum.
- A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.
- (astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies.
- (materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
- (construction) An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
- (bridge) The lack of cards in a particular suit.
- an empty area or space
- the state of nonexistence
adj
- (programming) Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.
- Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
- Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
- (bridge) Having no cards in a particular suit.
- (with of) Being without; destitute; devoid.
- Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
- Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
- Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
- lacking any legal or binding force
- containing nothing
verb
- (transitive, medicine) Synonym of empty (verb).
- To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
- (transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
- clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something
- declare invalid
- take away the legal force of or render ineffective
- excrete or discharge from the body
noun
- A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
- A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
- Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”).
- A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
- A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
- Abbreviation of denier (a unit of weight).
- (Northumbria, chiefly in place names) Alternative form of dene.
- a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws
- the habitation of wild animals
- a room that is comfortable and secluded
- a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts
adv
verb
adj
- Depleted.
- (in combination) Pulled, towed, or extracted in the specified fashion.
- (of a game) undecided; having no definite winner and loser; at a draw.
- (of a person or person's face) Appearing tired and unwell, as from stress; haggard.
- showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
- having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut
verb
adj
noun
- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- (politics) a state of disfavor
- a bewildering profusion
- A place or situation that is bewildering and in which one may get lost.
- (uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
- Preceded by in the: a situation of disfavour or lack of recognition; (specifically, politics) of a politician, political party, etc.: a situation of being out of office.
- (countable) A place other than land (for example, the air or sea) that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness.
- Chiefly followed by of: a bewildering flock or throng; a large, often jumbled, collection of things.
- (countable, horticulture) An ornamental part of a garden or park cultivated with trees and often a maze to evoke a natural wilderness.
verb
adj
noun
- A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
- (slang, derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
- (nautical) A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (for example, to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).
- An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
- A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
- a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
- an exploding firework used as a warning signal
- a person who is stranded (as on an island)
noun
noun
- (attributive) Abandoned.
- (theater) An understudy.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
- (cleaning) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
- (attributive) Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- (writing) Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- (computing, linguistics, attributive) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
- A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
- (countable) Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
- (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- (attributive) Remnant; remains.
- (attributive) Substitute.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record.
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a suggestion of some quality
adj
verb
- (chiefly social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
- Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
- (Internet) To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
- (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
- Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
- Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
- To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
- To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
- (slang) To kill (someone).
- (nautical) Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
- (chiefly UK, law enforcement) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- move like a ghost
- write for someone else
adj
adj
adj
adj
noun
- (chiefly in the plural) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom.
- A measured depth of water.
- The action of the verb to sound.
- The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes.(See urethral sounding).
- A test made with a probe or sonde.
- The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
- a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
- the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)
verb
noun
noun
- An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
- (usually in the plural) In particular, a usually elevated and flat expanse of land that only supports the growth of small trees and shrubs, and sometimes mosses or heathers, berries, and other marshy or moory vegetation, but little agriculture and few people.
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
adj
- Mentally dull or unproductive; stupid or intellectually fallow.
- (of people and animals, not comparable) Not bearing children, childless; hence also unable to bear children, sterile.
- Unproductive, fruitless, unprofitable; empty, hollow, vain.
- (of plants, not comparable) Not bearing seed or fruit.
- (of places) Of poor fertility, infertile; not producing vegetation; desert, waste.
- Devoid of interest or attraction, poor, bleak.
- (with of) Devoid, lacking.
- completely wanting or lacking
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- not bearing offspring
noun
- a bleak and desolate atmosphere
- The state of being desolated or laid waste
- A place or country wasted and forsaken.
- sadness resulting from being forsaken or abandoned
- an event that results in total destruction
- the state of being decayed or destroyed
- The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
noun
- a bleak and desolate atmosphere
- the state of being without clothing or covering of any kind
- characterized by an attitude of ready accessibility (especially about one's actions or purposes); without concealment; not secretive
- The state or condition of being naked; nudity; bareness; defenselessness; undisguisedness.
noun
- An area with no life.
- (ecology) An area of the ocean where oxygen levels are too low to support life, especially as a result of pollution.
- (video games) A region within the player's viewpoint that is less sensitive to small movements, aiding accurate firing of weapons etc.
- (telecommunications) A region where mobile phones do not operate because there is no base station or repeater nearby.
- (sports, gridiron football) The part of the field where a player is on their opponent's side of the field but kicking a field goal would probably be unsuccessful and punting the ball would not dramatically change field position.
- (military, historical) An area near a fortification that is relatively sheltered from defending fire because direct fire from other parts of the walls cannot be directed around a curved wall.
adj
noun
- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- the trait of wasting resources
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
- Gradual loss or decay.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Excrement or urine.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- A vast expanse of water.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
verb
- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
- dispose of
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- spend extravagantly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
noun
- A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
- (figuratively) Any barren place or situation.
- (often in the plural; now chiefly technical (in philosophy) or fossil) That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward.
- In particular, a barren, arid area of land which is hot, with sandy, rocky, or parched ground.
- arid land with little or no vegetation
- (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment
adj
verb
- To leave (anything that depends on one's presence to survive, exist, or succeed), especially when contrary to a promise or obligation; to abandon; to forsake.
- To leave one's duty or post, especially to leave a military or naval unit without permission.
- leave behind
- leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
noun
- Salvia nemorosa.
- Salvia pachyphylla.
- Eranthemum nervosum.
- Salvia clevelandii.
- Salvia azurea.
- blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States
- aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves
- sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers; widespread in cultivation
- Texas sage having intensely blue flowers
noun
- An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.
- (fluid mechanics) A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
- (Internet slang, humorous, endearing) A black cat.
- (medicine, urology) An instance of urination.
- An empty space; a vacuum.
- A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.
- (astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies.
- (materials science) A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
- (construction) An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
- (bridge) The lack of cards in a particular suit.
- an empty area or space
- the state of nonexistence
adj
- (programming) Of a function or method, that does not return a value; being a procedure rather than a function.
- Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
- Having no incumbent; unoccupied; said of offices etc.
- (bridge) Having no cards in a particular suit.
- (with of) Being without; destitute; devoid.
- Containing no immaterial quality; destitute of mind or soul.
- Of no legal force or effect, incapable of confirmation or ratification.
- Not producing any effect; ineffectual; vain.
- lacking any legal or binding force
- containing nothing
verb
- (transitive, medicine) Synonym of empty (verb).
- To throw or send out; to evacuate; to emit; to discharge.
- (transitive) To make invalid or worthless.
- clear (a room, house, place) of occupants or empty or clear (a place or receptacle) of something
- declare invalid
- take away the legal force of or render ineffective
- excrete or discharge from the body
noun
- A squalid or wretched place; a haunt.
- A comfortable room not used for formal entertaining.
- Synonym of fort (“structure improvised from furniture, etc. for playing games.”).
- A group of Cub Scouts of the same age who work on projects together.
- A small cavern or hollow place in the side of a hill, or among rocks; especially, a cave used by a wild animal for shelter or concealment.
- Abbreviation of denier (a unit of weight).
- (Northumbria, chiefly in place names) Alternative form of dene.
- a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws
- the habitation of wild animals
- a room that is comfortable and secluded
- a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts
adv
verb
adj
- located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
- in a state of extreme emotion
- fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
- in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
- without civilizing influences
- involving risk or danger
- marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- without a basis in reason or fact
- (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
- deviating widely from an intended course
- talking or behaving irrationally
- Furious; very angry.
- Very inaccurate; far off the mark.
- (electrical engineering) Of unregulated and varying frequency.
- Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
- Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
- (nautical, of a vessel) Hard to steer.
- (slang) Very unexpected; wildly surprising; crazy, diabolical.
- Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
- Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
- Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
- (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
- Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
- Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).
- Unrestrained or uninhibited.
- Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
- Enthusiastic.
- (slang) Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
- From or relating to wild creatures.
noun
- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
- Alternative form of weald.
- (chiefly in the plural) A wilderness.
- Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.
- (singular, with "the") The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
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- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- (politics) a state of disfavor
- a bewildering profusion
- A place or situation that is bewildering and in which one may get lost.
- (uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
- Preceded by in the: a situation of disfavour or lack of recognition; (specifically, politics) of a politician, political party, etc.: a situation of being out of office.
- (countable) A place other than land (for example, the air or sea) that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness.
- Chiefly followed by of: a bewildering flock or throng; a large, often jumbled, collection of things.
- (countable, horticulture) An ornamental part of a garden or park cultivated with trees and often a maze to evoke a natural wilderness.
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- (attributive) Abandoned.
- (theater) An understudy.
- (attributive, in names of species) Transparent or translucent.
- (attributive, in names of species) White or pale.
- (cleaning) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- (quantum mechanics) An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
- Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
- (attributive) Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
- (espionage) A covert (and deniable) agent.
- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- (attributive) Perceived or listed but not real.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- (writing) Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
- (uncountable, often capitalized) A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
- (computing, linguistics, attributive) A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
- (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
- A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
- (countable) Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
- (video games) An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
- (attributive) Remnant; remains.
- (attributive) Substitute.
- (computing) A copy of a file or record.
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
- the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- a mental representation of some haunting experience
- a suggestion of some quality
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- (chiefly social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
- Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”); also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
- (Internet) To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
- (graphical user interface) To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
- To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
- Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
- Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
- To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
- To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
- (slang) To kill (someone).
- (nautical) Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
- (chiefly UK, law enforcement) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
- haunt like a ghost; pursue
- move like a ghost
- write for someone else
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- reduce to ruins
- fall into ruin
- deprive of virginity
- destroy or cause to fail
- destroy completely; damage irreparably
- reduce to bankruptcy
- To make something less enjoyable or likeable.
- To destroy or render something no longer usable or operable.
- (BDSM) To make (someone) have a ruined orgasm.
- To reveal the ending of (a story); to spoil.
- (transitive) To cause the fiscal ruin of; to bankrupt or drive out of business.
- (transitive, historical) To seduce or debauch, and thus harm the social standing of.
- To upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
- To destroy (e.g. a city) so as to leave ruins.
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- failure that results in a loss of position or reputation
- an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction
- an event that results in destruction
- destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined
- the process of becoming dilapidated
- a ruined building
- (uncountable) Complete financial loss; bankruptcy.
- (countable, sometimes in the plural) The remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction, such as a house or castle.
- (uncountable) The state of being a ruin, destroyed or decayed.
- (BDSM) Clipping of ruined orgasm
- The act of ruining something.
- (uncountable) Something that leads to serious trouble or destruction.
- A change that destroys or defeats something; destruction; overthrow.
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- A rich dark red, somewhat brownish, color.
- (slang, derogatory) An idiot; a fool.
- (nautical) A rocket-propelled firework or skyrocket, often one used as a signal (for example, to summon the crew of a lifeboat or warn of an air raid).
- An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.
- A castaway; a person who has been marooned.
- a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color
- an exploding firework used as a warning signal
- a person who is stranded (as on an island)
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- A place that has been laid waste or destroyed.
- A wasteland; an uninhabited desolate region; a wilderness or desert.
- any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted
- (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect
- an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation
- the trait of wasting resources
- useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly
- Gradual loss or decay.
- (rare) Destruction or devastation caused by war or natural disasters; see "to lay waste".
- Large abundance of something, specifically without it being used.
- Excess of material, useless by-products, or damaged, unsaleable products; garbage; rubbish.
- The action or progress of wasting; extravagant consumption or ineffectual use.
- (law) A cause of action which may be brought by the owner of a future interest in property against the current owner of that property to prevent the current owner from degrading the value or character of the property, either intentionally or through neglect.
- Excrement or urine.
- (geology) Material derived by mechanical and chemical erosion from the land, carried by streams to the sea.
- A decaying of the body by disease; atrophy; wasting away.
- A disused mine or part of one.
- A vast expanse of water.
- (historical) The part of the land of a manor (of whatever size) not used for cultivation or grazing, nowadays treated as common land.
- A large tract of uncultivated land.
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- spend thoughtlessly; throw away
- use inefficiently or inappropriately
- dispose of
- cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
- cause to grow thin or weak
- run off as waste
- become physically weaker
- get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing
- spend extravagantly
- lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief
- (intransitive) To gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- (transitive, slang) To kill; to murder.
- (transitive) To devastate; to destroy.
- (transitive) To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to deteriorate; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- (intransitive) To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- (law) To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- (transitive) To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly; to dissipate.
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- located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
- in a state of extreme emotion
- fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
- in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
- without civilizing influences
- involving risk or danger
- marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
- intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
- without a basis in reason or fact
- (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
- deviating widely from an intended course
- talking or behaving irrationally
- Furious; very angry.
- Very inaccurate; far off the mark.
- (electrical engineering) Of unregulated and varying frequency.
- Able to stand in for others, e.g. a card in games, or a text character in computer pattern matching.
- Visibly and overtly anxious; frantic.
- (nautical, of a vessel) Hard to steer.
- (slang) Very unexpected; wildly surprising; crazy, diabolical.
- Raucous, unruly, or licentious.
- Disheveled, tangled, or untidy.
- Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered.
- (mathematics, of a knot) Not capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain.
- Of an audio recording: intended to be synchronized with film or video but recorded separately.
- Being in the wild, by any pathway (whether by being of the wild type, by being feral since birth, or by being feral after escape from domesticated life).
- Unrestrained or uninhibited.
- Especially, being of the wild type: being of an unbroken ancestral line of undomesticated animals, as opposed to being feral, being an undomesticated animal whose ancestors were domesticated.
- Enthusiastic.
- (slang) Amazing, awesome, unbelievable.
- From or relating to wild creatures.
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- a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- a wild primitive state untouched by civilization
- Alternative form of weald.
- (chiefly in the plural) A wilderness.
- Something that is able to stand in for others, such as a particular playing card in a game.
- (singular, with "the") The undomesticated state of a wild animal.
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- Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.
- Naked.
- Stiff, rigid.
- Complete, absolute, full.
- Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment
- providing no shelter or sustenance
- complete or extreme
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- severely simple
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- In a state of decay.
- Bad or terrible.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, slang) Very drunk, intoxicated.
- Of perishable items, overridden with bacteria and other infectious agents.
- Cruel, mean or immoral.
- Of stone or rock, crumbling or friable; in a loose or disintegrated state.
- damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless
- having decayed or disintegrated; usually implies foulness
- very bad
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- Not inhabited or occupied; without signs of inhabitants or occupation; desolate; deserted
- Gloomy; dismal, because of not being inhabited.
- Performed, passed, or endured alone.
- Single; individual; sole.
- Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
- Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
- (botany) Not associated with others of the same kind.
- lacking companions or companionship
- characterized by or preferring solitude
- of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies
- being the only one; single and isolated from others
- devoid of creatures
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- Depleted.
- (in combination) Pulled, towed, or extracted in the specified fashion.
- (of a game) undecided; having no definite winner and loser; at a draw.
- (of a person or person's face) Appearing tired and unwell, as from stress; haggard.
- showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering
- having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut
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- (chiefly in the plural) Any place or part of the ocean, or other water, where a sounding line will reach the bottom.
- A measured depth of water.
- The action of the verb to sound.
- The act of inserting of a thin metal rod into the urethra of the penis for medical or sexual purposes.(See urethral sounding).
- A test made with a probe or sonde.
- The sand, shells, etc. brought up by the sounding lead when it has touched bottom.
- a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line
- the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line)