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desolate
Universal Words
adjective, verb
adjective
1 (of a place) empty and without people, making you feel sad or frightened:
a bleak and desolate landscape
2 very lonely and unhappy:
The thought that her husband did not want the baby made her feel utterly desolate.
verb [VN] [usuallypassive] (literary) to make sb feel sad and without hope:
She had been desolated by the death of her friend.
