adj. 25B6; adjective
desolate moorlands : BLEAK, stark, bare, dismal, grim; wild, inhospitable; deserted, uninhabited, godforsaken, abandoned, unpeopled, untenanted, empty; unfrequented, unvisited, isolated, remote.
she is desolate : MISERABLE, despondent, depressed, disconsolate, devastated, despairing, inconsolable, broken-hearted, grief-stricken, crushed, bereft; sad, unhappy, downcast, down, dejected, forlorn, upset, distressed; informal blue, cut up.
populous, joyful.
25B6; verb
droughts desolated the plains : DEVASTATE, ravage, ruin, lay waste to; level, raze, demolish, wipe out, obliterate.
she was desolated by the loss of her husband : DISHEARTEN, depress, sadden, cast down, make miserable, weigh down, crush, upset, distress; informal shatter.