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desperate
[ des-per-it, -prit ]
adjective
- reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency:
a desperate killer.
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Antonyms:
- 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.
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- 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.
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noun
- Obsolete. a desperado.
desperate
/ 藞d蓻sp蓹r瑟t; -pr瑟t /
adjective
- careless of danger, as from despair; utterly reckless
- (of an act) reckless; risky
- used or undertaken in desperation or as a last resort
desperate measures
- critical; very grave
in desperate need
- oftenpostpositive and foll by for in distress and having a great need or desire
- moved by or showing despair or hopelessness; despairing
Derived Forms
- 藞诲别蝉辫别谤补迟别濒测, adverb
- 藞诲别蝉辫别谤补迟别苍别蝉蝉, noun
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 诲别蝉路辫别谤路补迟别路濒测 adverb
- 诲别蝉路辫别谤路补迟别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
- 辩耻补路蝉颈-诲别蝉路辫别谤路补迟别 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of desperate1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of desperate1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Four years later, the left is desperate for a chance at redemption, especially now that one of their own is surging in the polls.
The following should be alarm sirens for anyone desperate for some hope that Trump's 鈥渟hock and awe鈥 campaign and political power are getting weaker.
"The most desperate of the lot is the small tortoise shell which many people know and love as a garden butterfly," Mr Griffiths said.
That set the stage for a desperate push from the Oilers, who put 15 shots on net in the final period, the last Bouchard鈥檚 tying goal that sent the game to overtime.
UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon, Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, wrote on X that the strike "generated panic and fear of renewed violence among those desperate for a return to normalcy".
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