(more desolate; most desolate)
1 : lacking the people, plants, animals, etc., that make people feel welcome in a place
a landscape as desolate (=barren, lifeless) as the moon
We drove for hours along a desolate (=deserted) stretch of road.
2 : very sad and lonely especially because someone you love has died or left
desolate (=grief-stricken) parents grieving over the death of their son
desolate thoughts and memories