How is the word пустынный translated from Russian to English

English translation
Desolate
adjective

Безлюдный, унылый и лишённый всякого уюта.

Empty, bleak and without people or comfort.

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  • Они пересекли пустынный участок пустыни. — They crossed a desolate stretch of desert.

  • После похорон она была безутешна. — She felt desolate after the funeral.

  • Старый шахтёрский городок зимой выглядит пустынным. — The old mining town looks desolate in winter.

  • Письмо оставило его совершенно безутешным. — The letter left him completely desolate.

  • Почему этот пляж в августе такой пустынный? — Why is this beach so desolate in August?

  • Не сиди с таким безутешным видом — позвони другу. — Don't sit there looking desolate — call a friend.

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