Synonyms for "desperates" (132 found)

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Closest matches (27)

dangerousdespairingdireaccident proneaccident-proneaching foracuteaffording no hopeamokapatheticatrociousbacchicbaffledbalkedberserkbleakbravebreakneckcarelesscheerless

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climactericcomfortlesscompellingconcentratedcorybanticcravingcritical

Strong matches (39)

crucialcryingdeplorabledesirous ofdespondentdespondingdevil-may-caredionysiacdisconsolatedismaldo or diedrasticexquisiteextremefiercefoaming at the mouthfoiledfoolhardyforlornfrantic

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freneticfrenziedfrothing at the mouthfrustratedfuriousgravegreatgrimhard pressedhard upharum scarumharum-scarumhastyhazardousheadlongheinous

Adjective(3 words)

despairingdiredo-or-die

Related words (66)

Adjective(1 words)

heroic

hopelesshotheadedhurriedimperativeimpetuousin despairin desperate straitsin extremisin extremitiesintenselike one possessedlostmadmaddingmaenadicmaniacmaniacalmiserablemonstrousoutrageous

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overeageroverenthusiasticoverzealouspanic-strickenperilousphreneticpinchedprecariousprecipitantprecipitateprecipitouspressingrabidragingrantingrashravingraving madrecklessrunning wildscandalousseriousshockingslap-bangslapdashsoresorely pressedstark raving madstark-raving madstraitenedtenuousterriblethwarteduncontrollableunhopefulup against iturgentvehementventuresomeviciousviolentwantonwildwithout hopewretched

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