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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
Mr Dujarric said access to the three barely functional hospitals there also remained severely restricted, amid what he called "desperate shortages" of medical supplies and fuel.
With so many people so desperate to move westwards, one of the British Government’s prime tasks, if it is to keep its promise to reduce illegal arrivals, is to start cracking Turkey’s people-smuggling model.
He added that hundreds of people desperate for food had tried to storm the Unrwa-run vocational centre in the southern city of Khan Younis because they thought the aid had been delivered there.
The Lakers, desperate to add shooting for seemingly the 100th consecutive offseason, got one of the best available in college basketball.
Mrs Justice Morgan said Ms Braqi loved Ayden "with a devotion which is hard to put into words" adding that the case was one of "desperate sadness".
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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