desperately (Meaning)
desperately (r)
with great urgency
in intense despair
desperately (adv.)
In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.
Synonyms & Antonyms of desperately
Synonyms:
- awfully
- awful
- achingly
- mortally
- totally
- full
- archly
- super
- bone
- mightily
- exceedingly
- supremely
- absolutely
- fabulously
- utterly
- wicked
- significantly
- specially
- extra
- dang
- roaring
- deadly
- thumping
- entirely
- particularly
- remarkably
- exceeding
- good and
- completely
- ever
- a lot
- immensely
- thoroughly
- whacking
- sore
- exceptionally
- beastly
- uncommonly
- positively
- eminently
- monstrous
- hugely
- rattling
- enormously
- jolly
- surpassingly
- frightfully
- majorly
- such
- mighty
- almighty
- colossally
- vastly
- passing
- way
- sorely
- deeply
- real
- filthy
- vitally
- cracking
- fantastically
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- astronomically
- appreciably
- altogether
- unco
- monstrously
- astonishingly
- noticeably
- obscenely
- obviously
- flat-out
- considerably
- roaringly
- spanking
- abundantly
- monumentally
- extensively
- profoundly
- visibly
- amazingly
- notably
- as all get-out
- wholly
- radically
- right
- staggeringly
- stinking
- palpably
- blisteringly
- substantially
- excessively
- plainly
- fully
- discernibly
- downright
- plentifully
- purely
- grandly
- markedly
- corking
Antonyms:
desperately Sentence Examples
- She coughed desperately, clutching her throat as she gasped for air.
- The lost hiker desperately searched for a signal, hoping to call for help.
- The child clung desperately to her mother's hand in the crowded marketplace.
- We desperately need a vacation to escape the daily grind.
- He fought desperately against the strong current, trying to stay afloat.
- The team desperately practiced all night, determined to win the championship.
- She searched desperately for her lost car keys, running late for work.
- The parched earth desperately craved a good rain shower.
- The artist desperately tried to capture the fleeting beauty of the sunset.
- The dog wagged its tail desperately, begging for a walk.
FAQs About the word desperately
with great urgency, in intense despairIn a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.
wildly, damn, so, really, incredibly, highly, too, intensely, seriously, greatly
somewhat, nominally, little, somewhat, little, slightly, slightly, nominally, scarcely, negligibly
She coughed desperately, clutching her throat as she gasped for air.
The lost hiker desperately searched for a signal, hoping to call for help.
The child clung desperately to her mother's hand in the crowded marketplace.
We desperately need a vacation to escape the daily grind.
