desolate
Pronunciation:
verb
Definitions
To deprive of inhabitants.
To devastate or lay waste somewhere.
To abandon or forsake something.
To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.
adjective
Definitions
Deserted and devoid of inhabitants.
Example: a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house
Barren and lifeless.
Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc.
Example: desolate altars
Dismal or dreary.