desertedness
State of vacancy
The quality or state of being deserted—empty, abandoned, without people.
The word emphasizes atmosphere rather than mere vacancy: The desertedness of the building at night made it eerie.
It captures what you feel walking through a ghost town or an evacuated city, not just that no one is there but that someone should be.
Completely abandoned or discarded
- derelictAbandoned or neglectful
- neglectedNot given proper attention
- disusedNo longer in operation
- abandonedLeft behind completely
relinquished · discarded · forgotten · left · stranded · marooned · castoff · disowned
Without an occupant
- voidWithout legal effect
- bareLacking any covering
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
- unoccupiedHaving no occupant
empty · hollow · barren · tenantless · unpeopled · depopulated · cleared · stripped
Disturbingly strange
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
desolation · stillness · quietude · silence · solitude · gloom · bleakness · starkness
Quality of being faraway
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- inaccessibilityState of being unreachable
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- alienationState of being isolated
detachment · separation · disconnection · withdrawal · peripheral · outpost · hinterland · wasteland
forsaken
Completely abandoned or discarded
abandoned · relinquished · discarded · forgotten · left · stranded · marooned · castoff · disowned · vacated
vacant
Without an occupant
- voidWithout legal effect
- bareLacking any covering
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
unoccupied · empty · hollow · barren · tenantless · unpeopled · depopulated · cleared · stripped · gutted
eerie
Disturbingly strange
- hauntingDisturbingly unforgettable
- ghostlyResembling a specter
- melancholySubdued, lasting sadness
loneliness · desolation · stillness · quietude · silence · solitude · gloom · bleakness · starkness · somber
remoteness
Quality of being faraway
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- inaccessibilityState of being unreachable
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
alienation · detachment · separation · disconnection · withdrawal · peripheral · outpost · hinterland · wasteland · wilderness
desertednesscrowdedness
State of overcapacity
populousness · teeming · fullness · occupancy · inhabitation
desertednessbustling
Full of energetic activity
bustle · liveliness · vibrancy · hubbub · hustle and bustle
desert, deserted, deserter, desertion, deserting, deserters, desertification