All desperate synonyms
desΒ·perΒ·ate
D d adj desperate
- reckless β utterly unconcerned about the consequences of some action; without caution; careless (usually followed by of): to be reckless of danger.
- intense β existing or occurring in a high or extreme degree: intense heat.
- hopeless β providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- daring β People who are daring are willing to do or say things which are new or which might shock or anger other people.
- dangerous β If something is dangerous, it is able or likely to hurt or harm you.
- bold β Bold lines or designs are drawn in a clear, strong way.
- violent β acting with or characterized by uncontrolled, strong, rough force: a violent earthquake.
- determined β If you are determined to do something, you have made a firm decision to do it and will not let anything stop you.
- frantic β desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- furious β full of fury, violent passion, or rage; extremely angry; enraged: He was furious about the accident.
- frenzied β wildly excited or enthusiastic: frenzied applause.
- great β unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city.
- urgent β compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
- terrible β distressing; severe: a terrible winter.
- fierce β menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
- critical β If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.
- dire β causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible: a dire calamity.
- forlorn β desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- vain β excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- futile β incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
- despondent β If you are despondent, you are very unhappy because you have been experiencing difficulties that you think you will not be able to overcome.
- sad β Systems Analysis Definition
- madcap β wildly or heedlessly impulsive; reckless; rash: a madcap scheme.
- wild β living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese.
- rash β acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
- precipitate β to hasten the occurrence of; bring about prematurely, hastily, or suddenly: to precipitate an international crisis.
- acute β An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'cafΓ©'.
- climacteric β a critical event or period
- downcast β directed downward, as the eyes.
- goner β a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
adjective desperate
- anxious β If you are anxious to do something or anxious that something should happen, you very much want to do it or very much want it to happen.
- worried β having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
- distressed β afflicted with or suffering distress: distress livestock; distress wheat.
- distracted β Obsolete. distracted.
- fraught β Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- outrageous β of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
- eager β keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
- dying β ceasing to live; approaching death; expiring: a dying man.
- raring β very eager or anxious; enthusiastic: raring to go.
- impatient β not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- impulsive β actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- irredeemable β not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.
- deplorable β If you say that something is deplorable, you think that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- dreadful β causing great dread, fear, or terror; terrible: a dreadful storm.
- serious β of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- grave β the grave accent.
- threatening β tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
noun desperate
- down and out β downward; going or directed downward: the down escalator.
- floater β a person or thing that floats.
- hitchhiker β to travel by standing on the side of the road and soliciting rides from passing vehicles.