Black
Black adjective - Causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer.
Usage example: the Friday of the stock market crash was indeed a black day for the country
Desolate is a synonym for black in miserable topic. In some cases you can use "Desolate" instead an adjective "Black", when it comes to topics like gloomy, happy.
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Common collocations
| instant | black instant | desolate instant |
Both words in one sentence
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Magical Girl: Even with the rock music, guns, the black clothes, and the desolate landscape; it's a pretty standard Magic Warrior story.
Source: Anime / Black★Rock Shooter -
Audience Surrogate Black and Nerdy: Martin Willard, whose dream you enter in Episode 5, has a telescope in his flat, and his dream looks like a far more desolate version of the Grid.
Source: Video Game / The Dream Machine - Keane's "Black Rain" easily reaches this level, with a heavy war theme and wall-to-wall desolate, grim imagery.
Source: Mohs Scale of Lyrical Hardness
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