desperate (Meaning)
desperate (n)
a person who is frightened and in need of help
desperate (s)
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
desperately determined
(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
desperate (a.)
Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.
Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.
desperate (n.)
One desperate or hopeless.
Synonyms & Antonyms of desperate
Synonyms:
- miserable
- mournful
- depressing
- dark
- heartsick
- melancholy
- accepting
- crestfallen
- dispirited
- woebegone
- sorry
- sorrowful
- discouraged
- dejected
- forlorn
- disconsolate
- low
- blue
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- dismal
- low-spirited
- funereal
- dreary
- glum
- brokenhearted
- wretched
- joyless
- down
- downcast
- pessimistic
- wailing
- cheerless
- saddened
- weeping
- downhearted
- hangdog
- resigned
- doleful
- woeful
- abject
- disheartened
- comfortless
- drear
- heartsore
- grieving
- inconsolable
- gloomy
- desolate
Antonyms:
- joyous
- jaunty
- chipper
- jubilant
- buoyant
- perky
- sprightful
- jocund
- blithesome
- jocund
- cheery
- joyous
- blithesome
- sprightly
- heartened
- animated
- joyful
- perky
- jaunty
- vivacious
- heartened
- lightsome
- sunny
- cheery
- sprightful
- vivacious
- gleeful
- delighted
- gleeful
- chipper
- jubilant
- animated
- joyful
- blissful
- lightsome
- blissful
- upbeat
- sprightly
- buoyant
- upbeat
- sunny
- delighted
desperate Sentence Examples
- Lost in the blizzard, the hikers became desperate for shelter.
- Facing financial ruin, the company resorted to desperate measures to stay afloat.
- The child's desperate cries for help echoed through the empty house.
- With time running out, the scientists made a desperate attempt to find a cure.
- The search party combed the area, driven by a desperate hope to find survivors.
- The animal, trapped in the snare, struggled with desperate movements.
- The drought had left farmers desperate for rain, their crops withering in the fields.
- Driven by a desperate need for connection, the isolated man reached out online.
- The hostage negotiator pleaded with the desperate captor to release the victim.
- Despite their desperate efforts, the team fell short of achieving their goal.
FAQs About the word desperate
a person who is frightened and in need of help, arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope, desperately determined, (of persons) dangerously reckless or
bleak, sad,hopeless, cynical, depressed, despondent, unhappy, heartbroken, disappointed, despairing
euphoric, enraptured, ecstatic, exultant,hopeful, optimistic, ecstatic, exultant, optimistic, exuberant
Lost in the blizzard, the hikers became desperate for shelter.
Facing financial ruin, the company resorted to desperate measures to stay afloat.
The child's desperate cries for help echoed through the empty house.
With time running out, the scientists made a desperate attempt to find a cure.
