Sekirov Dictionary

desperate

/ˈdɛs.p(ə.)ɹɪt/

adjective 6
adverb 1
noun 1
forms 5

adjective6

•
Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.
- I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark.
•
feeling a very strong need or wish for something
- I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food.
•
Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness.
- He dove into the rushing waters in a desperate effort to save her life.
Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous.
Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable.
•
Intense; extremely intense.
- She enraged some country ladies with three times her money, by a sort of desperate perfection which they found in her. — 1848

adverb1

(dialect, US) Desperately.

noun1

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

forms

desperates · desperater · more desperate · desperatest · most desperate

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