Australian English Meaning of desperate
desperate
Other Australian English words related to desperate
- bleak
- cynical
- depressed
- despairing
- despondent
- disappointed
- heartbroken
- hopeless
- sad
- unhappy
- Accepting
- blue
- downcast
- dark
- dejected
- depressing
- disconsolate
- discouraged
- disheartened
- forlorn
- heartsick
- Low
- melancholy
- mournful
- sorrowful
- sorry
- woebegone
- abject
- broken-hearted
- Cheerless
- cheerless
- desolate
- disheartened
- dismal
- doleful
- down
- downcast
- disheartened
- dismal
- Dreary
- funereal
- gloomy
- gloomy
- Grieving
- hangdog
- inconsolable
- joyless
- downhearted
- pessimistic
- resigned
- saddened
- wailing
- weeping
- woeful
- Heartsore
- ecstatic
- enthralled
- euphoric
- exuberant
- exultant
- hopeful
- optimistic
- blithe
- bright
- elated
- encouraged
- Enthralled
- exhilarated
- poofter
- happy
- happy
- jolly
- jovial
- lively
- merry
- mirthful
- animated
- blissful
- blithe
- buoyant
- cheerful
- chipper
- Delighted
- gleeful
- jaunty
- merry
- joyous
- joyous
- jubilant
- Lighthearted
- perky
- Lively
- sunny
- upbeat
- Lively
- heartened
- lively
Nearest Words of desperate
- desperate criminal => Desperate crim
- desperate measure => desperate measure
- desperate straits => Dire straits
- desperately => desperately
- desperateness => desperation
- desperation => desperation
- despicability => contemptibility
- despicable => despicable
- despicableness => contemptibleness
- despicably => despicably
Definitions and Meaning of desperate in English
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.
FAQs About the word desperate
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,cynical,depressed,despairing,despondent,disappointed,heartbroken,hopeless,sad,unhappy
ecstatic,enthralled,euphoric,exuberant,exultant,hopeful,optimistic,blithe,bright,elated
desperadoes => desperadoes, desperado => Desperado, despend => spend, despeed => speed reduction, despection => contempt,
