øde — meaning in English

English meaning

• desolate adj Empty and bleak, with no people or life around; also, extremely sad and without hope.
• wanton adj Deliberately careless or cruel, showing no regard for consequences or morality.

Senses

øde is used for these senses in English:

• desolate Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
• wanton (intransitive) To rove and ramble without restraint, rule, or limit; to revel; to play loosely; to frolic.

desolate — full definition

1. adj Empty and bleak, with no people or life around; also, extremely sad and without hope.
2. verb To make a place empty of people or life; to devastate.

wanton — full definition

1. adj Deliberately careless or cruel, showing no regard for consequences or morality.
2. adj (dated) Sexually unrestrained or promiscuous.

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