adj. 25B6; adjective
a deserted wife : ABANDONED, thrown over, jilted, cast aside; neglected, stranded, marooned; forlorn, bereft; informal dumped, ditched, dropped; poetic/literary forsaken.
a deserted village : EMPTY, uninhabited, unoccupied, unpeopled, abandoned, evacuated, vacant; untenanted, tenantless, neglected; desolate, lonely, godforsaken.
populous.