deserted
verbadjectivecommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//dɪˈzɜː(ɹ)tɪd//
- United States//dəˈzɜɹtəd//
- United States/[dəˈzɝɾəd]/
Abandoned, without people.
verb
- 1
Also a form of desertsimple past and past participle of desert
adjective
- 1
Abandoned, without people.
Ahead the flanks of the Pennines gleamed faintly in the moonlight, looking as though they themselves were part of some dry and deserted lunar landscape.
On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.
- 2
desolate
Forms
- comparative
- more deserted
- superlative
- most deserted