more desperate

ADJECTIVE

reckless, outrageous

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bold dangerous daring determined frantic frenzied furious violent

STRONG

madcap precipitate rash wild

WEAK

atrocious audacious careless death-defying devil-may-care foolhardy hasty hazardous headlong headstrong heinous impetuous incautious monstrous risky scandalous shocking venturesome

Antonyms

STRONGEST

afraid calm cowardly fearful meek mild moderate peaceful quiet shy timid weak

WEAK

confident content contented hopeful satisfactory satisfied secure unworried

ADJECTIVE

extreme, intense

Synonyms

STRONGEST

critical dire fierce furious great terrible urgent violent

STRONG

acute climacteric

WEAK

concentrated crucial drastic exquisite vehement very grave vicious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm gentle good mild moderate nice peaceful trivial unimportant

WEAK

confident content contented hopeful satisfactory satisfied secure unworried

ADJECTIVE

hopeless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

despondent forlorn futile sad vain

STRONG

downcast goner

WEAK

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-way no-win running out of time sunk up against it up the creek useless wretched

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cheerful happy hopeful joyful

WEAK

calm confident content contented satisfactory satisfied secure unworried

Example Sentences

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Market participants have been desperate for anything resembling good news for weeks, and even more desperate to see concrete steps towards de-escalation, Pepperstone’s Michael Brown said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“The more he stretches the truth in the name of the sale, the more desperate he becomes. Once inside our living room, however, he is far more malignant than any of that.”

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2026

Buffalo is more desperate and has the better quarterback, better weapons, and is more sound top to bottom.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025

Aid supplies and the internet are vital for people in Gaza - the current lack of both lifelines is rendering their plight even more desperate.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

I waited for her to catch her breath, but her sobs only grew more desperate.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover