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desperate
adjective as in reckless, outrageous
Strong matches
Weak matches
atrocious, audacious, careless, death-defying, devil-may-care, foolhardy, hasty, hazardous, headlong, headstrong, heinous, impetuous, incautious, monstrous, risky, scandalous, shocking, venturesome
adjective as in extreme, intense
adjective as in hopeless
Strongest matches
despondent, forlorn, futile, sad, vain
Weak matches
at end of one's rope, back to the wall, can't win, dead duck, despairing, desponding, gone, hard up, in the soup, in the toilet, inconsolable, irrecoverable, irremediable, irretrievable, no chance, no-win, running out of time, sunk, up against it, up the creek, useless, wretched
Example Sentences
The biography shows Matthiessen chasing these passions in the desperate manner of someone seeking an ultimate truth.
“I’ve come here desperate to get home on that plane in January as one of the lucky few captains from England who have come here to be successful,” England captain Ben Stokes said.
She made the trip without a passport, which doomed her desperate efforts to board a ship home as the war erupted.
Marco Silva's side will be absolutely desperate for a positive result, so I am going to say they will pick up three much-needed points.
Allen was sacked eight times, his most in any games, for 70 lost yards and Bullock's final pickoff killed the Bills' last desperate drive with 18 seconds remaining.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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