DESPERATE


Meaning of DESPERATE in English

adj. Function: adjective

1

Synonyms: DESPONDENT , despairing, desponding, forlorn, hopeless

Related Words: foolhardy, rash, reckless, venturesome; headlong, precipitate; baffled, balked, circumvented, foiled, frustrated, outwitted, thwarted

Contrasted Words: collected, composed, cool, nonchalant; assured, confident, sanguine, sure

2

Synonyms: ACUTE 6, climacteric, critical, crucial, dire

3

Synonyms: INTENSE 1, concentrated, exquisite, fierce, furious, terrible, vehement, vicious, violent

4

Synonyms: OUTRAGEOUS 2, atrocious, crying, heinous, monstrous, scandalous, shocking

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