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desolatedpast participle, past tense of des·o·late (Verb)

Verb:

Make (a place) bleakly and depressingly empty or bare. Make (someone) feel utterly wretched and unhappy.

des·o·late  (ds-lt, dz-) adj. 1. a. Devoid of inhabitants; deserted: "streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate" (Daniel Defoe). b. Barren; lifeless: the rocky, desolate surface of the moon. 2. Rendered unfit for habitation or use: the desolate cities of war-torn Europe. 3. Dreary; dismal. 4. Bereft of friends or hope; sad and forlorn. See Synonyms at sad. tr.v. (-lt) des·o·lat·ed, des·o·lat·ing, des·o·lates 1. To rid or deprive of inhabitants. 2. To lay waste; devastate: "Here we have no wars to desolate our fields" 3. To forsake; abandon. 4. To make lonely, forlorn, or wretched.

Main Entry:	desolate  [adj. des-uh-lit; v.des-uh-leyt]  Show IPA
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	unused, barren
Synonyms:	abandoned, bare, bleak, derelict, desert,destroyed, dreary, empty, forsaken,godforsaken, isolated, lonely, lonesome, lorn,ruined, solitary, unfrequented, uninhabited,unoccupied, vacant, waste

Notes:

lonely  adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome  heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn  and desolate  are even more isolated and sad

   "A wanting to go Home, as if everything is over and you don't belong here any more."