desperate
11desperate — [[t]de̱spərət[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it. Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need... Desperate with… …
12desperate */*/ — UK [ˈdesp(ə)rət] / US adjective 1) a) very worried and angry because you do not know how to deal with an unpleasant situation The missing man s family are getting increasingly desperate. b) [usually before noun] done because you can think of no… …
13desperate — 01. She hates her job, and is [desperate] to find something else. 02. Hunger made them [desperate]. 03. The little girl had been drinking pop all afternoon and was [desperate] to find a bathroom. 04. Her suicide attempt was an act of… …
14desperate — des|per|ate [ desp(ə)rət ] adjective ** 1. ) very worried and angry because you do not know how to deal with an unpleasant situation: The missing man s family is getting increasingly desperate. a ) usually before noun done because you can think… …
15desperate — adjective Etymology: Latin desperatus, past participle of desperare Date: 15th century 1. a. having lost hope < a desperate spirit crying for relief > b. giving no ground for hope < the outlook was desperate > 2 …
16desperate — desperately, adv. desperateness, n. /des peuhr it, prit/, adj. 1. reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency: a desperate killer. 2. having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desperate for attention. 3. leaving little or no hope; very serious …
17desperate — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, seem, sound ▪ become, get ▪ I was starting to get desperate …
18desperate — adjective 1) a desperate look Syn: despairing, hopeless; anguished, distressed, wretched, desolate, forlorn, distraught, fraught; out of one s mind, at one s wits end, beside oneself, at the end of one s rope/tether 2) a desperate attempt to… …
19desperate — des•per•ate [[t]ˈdɛs pər ɪt, prɪt[/t]] adj. 1) reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency: a desperate killer[/ex] 2) having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desperate for attention[/ex] 3) very serious or dangerous: a desperate… …
20desperate — /ˈdɛsprət / (say despruht), / pərət/ (say puhruht) adjective 1. reckless from despair; ready to run any risk: a desperate villain. 2. leaving little or no hope; very serious or dangerous; extremely bad: a desperate illness. 3. having no hope: a… …
