desolate Play adjective(of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.verbMake (a place) appear bleakly empty. SYNONYMS abandonedaridbarebarrenbleakdepopulateddesertdeserteddismalemptyevacuatedexposedforsakengodforsakengriminhospitableisolatedlonelyremotesecludedsolitarystarksterileunfrequenteduninhabitedunoccupiedunpeopleduntenantedunvisitedvacantvacatedwastewildwindswept