desolate adj
1 bare, barren, bleak, desert, dreary, godforsaken, ruined, solitary, unfrequented, uninhabited, waste, wild vb
2 depopulate, despoil, destroy, devastate, lay low, lay waste, pillage, plunder, ravage, ruin adj
3 abandoned, bereft, cheerless, comfortless, companionless, dejected, depressing, despondent, disconsolate, dismal, downcast, down in the dumps (informal) forlorn, forsaken, gloomy, lonely, melancholy, miserable, wretched vb
4 daunt, deject, depress, discourage, dishearten, dismay, distress, grieve adj
3 cheerful, happy, joyous, light-hearted vb
4 cheer, encourage, hearten, nourish