DESPERATE
(noun, adj.sat, adj.)Definitions
How to pronounce desperate:
Desperate - as a noun
A person who is frightened and in need of help
Example: "They prey on the hopes of the desperate"
Desperate - as an adjective satellite
Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
Example: "A despairing view of the world situation"
(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
Example: "A desperate criminal"
Showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
Example: "Made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"
Showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
Example: "Felt a desperate urge to confess"
Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
Example: "A desperate illness"
Desperate - as an adjective
In dire need of something.
Example: "I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food."
Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.
Example: "I was so desperate at one point, i even went to see a loan shark."
Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.
Example: "A desperate effort"
Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.
Example: "A desperate disease; desperate fortune"
Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.
Extremely intense.
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Word Game Points
DESPERATE has a SCRABBLE points total of 12.
DESPERATE has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 13.
DESPERATE has a WORDFEUD points total of 13.
