1 lonely

2 lonesome

3 (of a place) quiet

4 silent

1 withered

2 dried up

1 lonesome

2 desolate

1 quiet

1 dry and dull

2 uninteresting

3 dry-as-dust

1 dried bones in burial mound (idiom); dead and buried

1 to rack one's brains (for apt wording etc) (idiom)

1 lit. the spring comes upon a withered tree (idiom)

2 fig. to get a new lease on life

3 to be revived

4 (of a difficult situation) to suddenly improve

1 lit. when the seas run dry and the stones go soft (idiom)

2 fig. forever

3 until the end of time

1 not a sound to be heard (idiom)