<p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>barren or laid waste; devastated</li><li>deprived or destitute of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited</li><li>solitary; lonely; a desolate life</li><li>having the feeling of being abandoned by friends or by hope; forlorn</li><li>dreary; dismal; gloomy</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>bleak</li><li>remote</li><li>hopeless</li><li>woeful</li><li>wretched</li><li>miserable</li><li>lost</li><li>lonesome</li><li>cheerless</li><li>inconsolable</li><li>woebegone</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>happy</li><li>delighted</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object):</strong></p><ul><li>to lay waste; devastate</li><li>to deprive of inhabitants; depopulate</li><li>to make disconsolate</li><li>to forsake or abandon</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms:</strong></p><ul><li>ruin</li><li>ravage</li><li>depress</li><li>sadden</li><li>desert</li></ul>