All desperately synonyms
desΒ·perΒ·ate
D d adv desperately
- badly β If something is done badly or goes badly, it is not very successful or effective.
- seriously β in a serious manner: He shook his head seriously.
- fiercely β menacingly wild, savage, or hostile: fierce animals; a fierce look.
- greatly β in or to a great degree; much: greatly improved in health.
- dangerously β full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- perilously β involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
- hopeless β providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- fearfully β causing or apt to cause fear; frightening: a fearful apparition.
- shockingly β causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
- carelessly β If someone does something carelessly, they do it without much thought or effort.
- dramatically β of or relating to the drama.
- gravely β Samuel L(ee), Jr. 1922β2004, U.S. naval officer: first black admiral.
- harmful β causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
- hysterically β of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- like crazy β mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- like mad β mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- appallingly β causing dismay or horror: an appalling accident; an appalling lack of manners.
adverb desperately
- frantically β desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- anxiously β full of mental distress or uneasiness because of fear of danger or misfortune; greatly worried; solicitous: Her parents were anxious about her poor health.
- frenzied β wildly excited or enthusiastic: frenzied applause.
- hastily β moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- distractedly β having the attention diverted: She tossed several rocks to the far left and slipped past the distracted sentry.
- distraughtly β distracted; deeply agitated.
- worriedly β having or characterized by worry; concerned; anxious: Their worried parents called the police.
- dreadfully β in a dreadful way: The pain has increased dreadfully.
- urgently β compelling or requiring immediate action or attention; imperative; pressing: an urgent matter.
- severely β harsh; unnecessarily extreme: severe criticism; severe laws.
- frightfully β such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
adjective desperately
- ludicrously β causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- psychotically β Psychiatry. characterized by or afflicted with psychosis. Synonyms: (in nontechnical usage) insane, psychopathic, lunatic, mentally ill; mad, disturbed, deranged, demented, non compos mentis. Antonyms: sane; compos mentis, clearheaded, lucid.
- hurriedly β moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
- rabidly β irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- turbulent β being in a state of agitation or tumult; disturbed: turbulent feelings or emotions.
- dementedly β crazy; insane; mad.
- nonsensically β (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- devotedly β zealous or ardent in attachment, loyalty, or affection: a devoted friend.
- senselessly β destitute or deprived of sensation; unconscious.
- absurdly β utterly or obviously senseless, illogical, or untrue; contrary to all reason or common sense; laughably foolish or false: an absurd explanation.
- deliriously β Pathology. affected with or characteristic of delirium.
- something fierce β desperately, intensely
- stormy β affected, characterized by, or subject to storms; tempestuous: a stormy sea.
- madly β insanely or wildly: The old witch cackled madly.