Synonyms for desperate
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Hopeless
despairing, despondent, desirous, in extremities; see hopeless 2, sad 1.
Reckless
incautious, frantic, wild; see careless 1, rash.
Extreme
great, drastic, acute, dire; see extreme 2, urgent 1. See syn. study at hopeless.
See desperate in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Having lost all hope:
despairing, despondent, forlorn, hopeless. See hopeSo serious as to be at the point of crisis or necessary to resolve a crisis:
acute, climacteric, critical, crucial, dire. See safetyExtreme in degree, strength, or effect:
fierce, furious, intense, terrible, vehement, violent. See big, strong
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