Desperate men often do desperate things.
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Desperate
/ˈdɛsp(ə)ɹət/
Synonyms for "desperate" (142 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Adjective(3 words)
accident proneaccident-proneaching foracuteaffording no hopeamokapatheticatrociousbacchicbaffledbalkedberserkbleakbreakneckcarelesscheerlessclimactericcomfortlesscompellingconcentrated
Strong matches (42)
deplorabledesirous ofdespairingdespondentdespondingdevil-may-caredionysiacdiredisconsolatedismalexquisitefiercefoaming at the mouthfoiledfoolhardyforlornfranticfreneticfrenziedfrothing at the mouth
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frustratedfuriousgravegreatgrimhard pressedhard upharum scarumharum-scarumhastyhazardousheadlongheinous
Verb(1 words)
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hopelesshotheadedhurriedimpetuousin despairin desperate straitsin extremisin extremitiesintenselike one possessedlostmadmaddingmaenadicmaniacmaniacalmiserablemonstrousoutrageousovereager
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overenthusiasticoverzealouspanic-strickenperilousphreneticpinchedprecariousprecipitantprecipitateprecipitouspressingrabidragingrantingrashravingraving madrecklessrunning wildscandalousseriousshockingslap-bangslapdashsoresorely pressedstark raving madstark-raving madstraitenedtenuousterriblethwarteduncontrollableunhopefulup against iturgentvehementventuresomeviciousviolentwantonwildwithout hopewretched
Noun(1 words)
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6 entriesdesperate actdesperate cravingdesperate measuredesperate needdrastic actionextreme measures
Collocations
6 entriesdesperate attemptdesperate biddesperate for helpdesperate measuresdesperate needdesperate situation
Inflections
2 entriesmore desperatemost desperate
Derivations
3 entriessimilar
8 entriesSample sentences
28 total sentences available.
The young man must have felt very desperate when he resorted to such a terrible act.
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The Clinton camp became desperate to eliminate the white votes Obama had got in both states.
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Suicide is a desperate act.
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