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[ des-per-it, -prit ] / ˈdɛs pər ɪt, -prɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR desperate ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivereckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer. having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desperate for attention;desperate to find a job. leaving little or no hope; very serious or dangerous: a desperate illness. extremely bad; intolerable or shocking: clothes in desperate taste. extreme or excessive. making a final, ultimate effort; giving all: a desperate attempt to save a life. actuated by a feeling of hopelessness. having no hope; giving in to despair. Origin of desperate1350–1400; Middle English <Latin dēspērātus, past participle of dēspērāre to despair; see -ate1 SYNONYMS FOR desperate1 rash, frantic. 3 grave. 8 forlorn, desolate. SEE SYNONYMS FOR desperate ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR desperateSEE ANTONYMS FOR desperate ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for desperate3. See hopeless. OTHER WORDS FROM desperatedes·per·ate·ly, adverbdes·per·ate·ness, nounqua·si-des·per·ate, adjectivequa·si-des·per·ate·ly, adverbWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH desperatedesperate , disparateDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for desperateShe seemed to create her own world and you desperately wanted to be part of it. Is Bigger Better for St. Vincent?|David Yaffe|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Their community, their city, their country, desperately needs them. Meet the Liberian Girls Beating Ebola|Abby Haglage|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Next, he took his efforts to the desperately poor, hungry regions of India and Pakistan. Growth Stocks|The Daily Beast|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST The McCanns say they are desperately worried about the safety of their nine-year old twins who are often subjects of online abuse. Outed Madeleine McCann Troll Kills Herself. But Millions Live On Online.|Barbie Latza Nadeau|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She desperately needed to talk to someone, express her feelings, and be given support. Mossad’s Greatest Female Assassin: An Excerpt From ‘Sylvia Rafael’|Ram Oren,
Moti Kfir|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST “We are about two hundred feet down,” the voice went on, desperately. Sign of the Green Arrow|Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell The second came at them again, tackle-back, desperately, fighting hard. Behind the Line|Ralph Henry Barbour They looked about them desperately for some means of extricating him from his predicament. The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone|Richard Bonner Why, otherwise, should he be so desperately anxious that she should not get so near him as to see his features? The Return of Sherlock Holmes|Arthur Conan Doyle Herrick was half inclined to smile, but she was so desperately in earnest that he refrained. The Making of a Soul|Kathlyn Rhodes
British Dictionary definitions for desperate
adjectivecareless of danger, as from despair; utterly reckless (of an act) reckless; risky used or undertaken in desperation or as a last resortdesperate measures critical; very gravein desperate need (often postpositive and foll by for) in distress and having a great need or desire moved by or showing despair or hopelessness; despairing Derived forms of desperatedesperately, adverbdesperateness, nounWord Origin for desperateC15: from Latin dēspērāre to have no hope; see despair Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to desperatedaring, dangerous, bold, violent, determined, frantic, furious, frenzied, great, urgent, terrible, fierce, critical, dire, forlorn, vain, futile, despondent, sad, madcap |