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as in desperate

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running out of time

adjective as in desperate

Strongest matches

  • despondent
  • forlorn
  • futile
  • sad
  • vain

Strong matches

  • downcast
  • goner

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
  • sunk
  • up against it
  • up the creek
  • useless
  • wretched

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Words related to running out of time are not direct synonyms, but are associated with the word running out of time. Browse related words to learn more about word associations.

desperate

adjectiveas in hopeless

  • at end of one's rope
  • back to the wall
  • can't win
  • dead duck
  • despairing
  • despondent
  • desponding
  • downcast
  • forlorn
  • futile
  • gone
  • goner
  • hard up
  • in the soup
  • in the toilet
  • inconsolable
  • irrecoverable
  • irremediable
  • irretrievable
  • no chance
  • no-win
  • running out of time
  • sad
  • sunk
  • up against it
  • up the creek
  • useless
  • vain
  • wretched
more desperate

adjectiveas in hopeless

  • at end of one's rope
  • back to the wall
  • can't win
  • dead duck
  • despairing
  • despondent
  • desponding
  • downcast
  • forlorn
  • futile
  • gone
  • goner
  • hard up
  • in the soup
  • in the toilet
  • inconsolable
  • irrecoverable
  • irremediable
  • irretrievable
  • no-chance
  • no-way
  • no-win
  • running out of time
  • sad
  • sunk
  • up against it
  • up the creek
  • useless
  • vain
  • wretched

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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