There are three syllables. Des-o-late.
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The prefix of "desolate" is "de-".
The abandoned village looked desolate as the crumbling buildings stood empty and overgrown with weeds.
The position on (fill in the blank) was an utterly desolate desert, many miles from any obvious water or habitation.
Desolate is not a positive, so it is a negative.
The Desolate One was created in 1989.
Desolate North was created in 2006.
The abandoned town was desolate, with empty streets and dilapidated buildings stretching for miles.
The desolate valley was no place to be stranded.
Desolate means that there is very little in an area of any character and it is apparently devoid of life, or features that can provide such character.There are two ways to look at this, firstly an area (such as a city) after a fire can be seen as desolate and ruined. The second way to look at this, is that many natural wonders are desolate by nature, which is what provides us with wonder, awe and attraction.For example the surface of the Moon, Mars, Arctic regions and deserts are is desolate by definition, but hold a strange beauty to them.