Nearby Words
desperately
| Main Entry: |
desperately
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| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | severely |
| Synonyms: | badly, carelessly, dangerously, dramatically, fiercely, gravely, greatly, harmfully, hysterically, like crazy, like mad, perilously, seriously |
| Antonyms: | calmly, easily, trivially |
| Main Entry: | dangerously |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | precariously |
| Synonyms: | alarmingly, carelessly, critically, daringly, desperately, gravely, harmfully, hazardously, perilously, precariously, recklessly, riskily, seriously, severely, unsafely, unsecurely |
| Antonyms: | carefully, on guard, safely, securely |
| Main Entry: | madly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wildly, fiercely |
| Synonyms: | absurdly, crazily, deliriously, dementedly, desperately, devotedly, distractedly, energetically, exceedingly, excessively, excitedly, extremely, foolishly, frantically, frenziedly, furiously, hard, hastily, hurriedly, hysterically, insanely, intensely, irrationally, like mad, ludicrously, nonsensically, passionately, psychotically, quickly, rabidly, rapidly, rashly, recklessly, senselessly, something fierce, speedily, stormily, to distraction, tumultously/tumultuously, turbulently, unreasonably, violently |
| Antonyms: | calmly, normally |
| Main Entry: | terribly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | very |
| Synonyms: | awfully, badly, decidedly, desperately, discouragingly, disturbingly, drastically, dreadfully, exceedingly, extremely, fearfully, frightfully, gravely, greatly, highly, horribly, intensely, markedly, mightily, much, notoriously, remarkably, seriously, staggeringly, thoroughly, unbelievably, unfortunately, unhappily |
| Antonyms: | little |
| Main Entry: | hopelessly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | without hope |
| Synonyms: | cynically, darkly, dejectedly, desolately, despairingly, desperately, despondently, disconsolately, dismally, dispiritedly, emptily, gloomily, pessimistically, sadly, spiritlessly |
| Antonyms: | confidently, expectantly, hopefully |
| Main Entry: | hopelessly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | giving small ground for hope |
| Synonyms: | badly, desperately, fatally, impossibly, incurably, unavailingly, unfortunately |
| Main Entry: | frantically |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | frenziedly |
| Synonyms: | agitatedly, amok, berserk, crazily, desperately, excitedly, franticly, hectically, helter-skelter, hysterically, madly, uncontrollably, wild, wildly |
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