more desperate

bold dangerous daring determined frantic frenzied furious violent

madcap precipitate rash wild

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

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

confident content contented hopeful satisfactory satisfied secure unworried

critical dire fierce furious great terrible urgent violent

acute climacteric

concentrated crucial drastic exquisite vehement very grave vicious

calm gentle good mild moderate nice peaceful trivial unimportant

confident content contented hopeful satisfactory satisfied secure unworried

despondent forlorn futile sad vain

downcast goner

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

cheerful happy hopeful joyful

calm confident content contented satisfactory satisfied secure unworried