Noah Webster
Desolate
DESOLATE, adjective
1. Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; desert; uninhabited; denoting either stripped of inhabitants, or never having been inhabitated; as a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness.
I will make the cities of Judah desolate without an inhabitant. Jeremiah 9:11.
2. Laid waste; in a ruinous condition; neglected; destroyed; as desolate altars; desolate towers. Ezek. Zeph.
3. Solitary; without a companion; afflicted.
Tamar remained desolate in Absaloms house. 2 Samuel 13:20.
4. Deserted of God; deprived of comfort.
My heart within me is desolate Psalms 143:4.