desperate

Meaning

Adj

1. In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
2. Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.
3. Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous.
4. Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness.
5. Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable.
6. Intense; extremely intense.

Adv

Desperately.

Noun

A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.

Synonyms

hopeless

despairing

frantic

reckless

dire

rash

drastic

risky

deadend

despondent

hasty

dangerous

heroic

desperation

hopelessly

do-or-die

forlorn

imprudent

unhopeful

endless

exhausted

extreme

extremist

fed up

foolhardy

frivolous

full

futile

gone

hazardous

hopelessness

horrible

hurry

intense

irreparable

lightly

lost

menacing

nasty

no-go

perilous

radical

severe

supreme

terrible

ultimate

unholy

unsafe

utmost

uttermost

Translations

désespéré

disperato

verzweifelt

desesperat

desesperado

wanhopig

radeloos

desesperado

hoffnungslos

hopeloos

vertwijfeld

απελπισμένος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɛsp(ə)ɹət/

Etymology

From Middle English desperat(e) (“desperate”), borrowed from Latin dēspērātus, perfect passive participle of dēspērō (“to be without hope”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun is derived from the adjective or from the Latin source through substantivization, see -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Sentences

He looked around at the empty plaza again , feeling less desperate than before .