desperate
Meaning of desperate
noun
A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.
adjective- In dire need of something.
I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food.
- Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.
I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark.
- Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.
a desperate effort
- Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.
a desperate disease; desperate fortune
- Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.
- Extremely intense.
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Hyphenation of desperate
des-per-ate
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- desperate is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
desperate synonyms
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Translation of desperate
- French: désespéré
- German: verzweifelt, fatal, schlimm
- Portuguese: desesperado
- Spanish: desesperado
- Italian: disperato, fatale
Anagrams of desperate
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