desolate

adj. 1 left alone; solitary. 2 uninhabited, ruined, dreary (desolate moor). 3 forlorn; wretched. v. (-ting) 1 depopulate, devastate; lay waste. 2 (esp. As desolated adj.) Make wretched.  desolately adv. Desolateness n. [latin solus alone]

a. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate house.