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DESPERATE definition: 1. very serious or bad: 2. very great or extreme: 3. needing or wanting something very much: . Learn more.
The meaning of DESPERATE is having lost hope. How to use desperate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Desperate.
reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer. Synonyms: frantic, rash. Antonyms: careful. 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.
DESPERATE definition: 1. feeling that you have no hope and are ready to do anything to change the situation you are in…. Learn more.
feeling or showing that you have little hope and are ready to do anything without worrying about danger to yourself or others. The prisoners grew increasingly desperate. Stores are getting desperate after two years of poor sales. Somewhere out there was a desperate man, cold, hungry, hunted.
If you are desperate for something or desperate to do something, you want or need it very much indeed. They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family. People are desperate for him to do something.
desperate. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English des‧per‧ate /ˈdespərət/ S3 W3 adjective 1 willing to do anything to change a very bad situation, and not caring about danger I had no money left and was desperate.
Desperate means "having lost all hope." If you are desperate for food, it means you are starving, possibly about to die. If you are in a desperate situation, it means things are really, really bad.
having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desperate for attention. 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 ...
Synonyms for DESPERATE: hopeless, unhappy, sad, disappointed, despairing, cynical, despondent, heartbroken; Antonyms of DESPERATE: hopeful, optimistic, ecstatic, exuberant, exultant, euphoric, enraptured, merry.
