Having lost all hope

• hopeless

  1. Having no hope; despairing:
  2. Characterized by despair:
  3. Having no possibility of being solved or dealt with; impossible:

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  1. Having no hope; despairing:
  2. Characterized by despair:
  3. Having no possibility of being solved or dealt with; impossible:

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• forlorn

  1. Abandoned, deserted, or desolate:
  2. Sad or lonely, especially from being deserted or abandoned:
  3. Suggesting or characterized by sadness or loneliness:

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  1. Abandoned, deserted, or desolate:
  2. Sad or lonely, especially from being deserted or abandoned:
  3. Suggesting or characterized by sadness or loneliness:

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• despondent

  1. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected.

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  1. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected.

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• despairing

  1. Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless:

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  1. Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless:

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So serious as to be at the point of crisis or necessary to resolve a crisis

• dire

  1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
  2. Urgent; desperate:

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  1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
  2. Urgent; desperate:

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• crucial

  1. Extremely significant or important:
  2. Vital to the resolution of a crisis or the determination of an outcome:
  3. Having the form of a cross; cross-shaped.

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  1. Extremely significant or important:
  2. Vital to the resolution of a crisis or the determination of an outcome:
  3. Having the form of a cross; cross-shaped.

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• critical

  1. Judging severely and finding fault:
  2. Relating to or characterized by criticism; reflecting careful analysis and judgment:
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of critics:

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  1. Judging severely and finding fault:
  2. Relating to or characterized by criticism; reflecting careful analysis and judgment:
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of critics:

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• climacteric

  1. A critical period or year in a person's life when major changes in health or fortune are thought to take place.
  2. A critical stage, period, or year:
  3. Of or relating to a climacteric.

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  1. A critical period or year in a person's life when major changes in health or fortune are thought to take place.
  2. A critical stage, period, or year:
  3. Of or relating to a climacteric.

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• acute

  1. Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions; sensitive:
  2. Keenly perceptive or discerning:
  3. Extremely sharp or severe; intense:

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  1. Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions; sensitive:
  2. Keenly perceptive or discerning:
  3. Extremely sharp or severe; intense:

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Extreme in degree, strength, or effect

• violent

  1. Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force:
  2. Characterized by or displaying physical violence:
  3. Caused by unexpected force or injury rather than by natural causes:

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  1. Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force:
  2. Characterized by or displaying physical violence:
  3. Caused by unexpected force or injury rather than by natural causes:

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• vehement

  1. Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid:

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  1. Characterized by forcefulness of expression or intensity of emotion or conviction; fervid:

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• terrible

  1. Causing great fear or alarm; dreadful:
  2. Extremely formidable:
  3. Extreme in extent or degree; intense:

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  1. Causing great fear or alarm; dreadful:
  2. Extremely formidable:
  3. Extreme in extent or degree; intense:

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• intense

  1. Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to an extreme degree:
  2. Extreme in degree, strength, or size:
  3. Involving or showing strain or extreme effort:

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  1. Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to an extreme degree:
  2. Extreme in degree, strength, or size:
  3. Involving or showing strain or extreme effort:

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• furious

  1. Full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging.
  2. Full of intensity; energetic or fierce:

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  1. Full of or characterized by extreme anger; raging.
  2. Full of intensity; energetic or fierce:

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• fierce

  1. Hostile and violent, especially by nature or temperament; ferocious:
  2. Characterized by or showing hostility:
  3. Extremely powerful or destructive:

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  1. Hostile and violent, especially by nature or temperament; ferocious:
  2. Characterized by or showing hostility:
  3. Extremely powerful or destructive:

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Hopeless

• in extremities

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• desirous

  1. Having or expressing desire; desiring:

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  1. Having or expressing desire; desiring:

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• despondent

  1. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected.

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  1. Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected.

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• despairing

  1. Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless:

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  1. Characterized by or resulting from despair; hopeless:

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Reckless

• wild

  1. Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed:
  2. Not inhabited or farmed:
  3. Uncivilized or barbarous.

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  1. Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed:
  2. Not inhabited or farmed:
  3. Uncivilized or barbarous.

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• frantic

  1. Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied:
  2. Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity:
  3. Mentally deranged.

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  1. Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied:
  2. Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity:
  3. Mentally deranged.

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• incautious

  1. Not cautious; rash.

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  1. Not cautious; rash.

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Extreme

• dire

  1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
  2. Urgent; desperate:

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  1. Warning of or having dreadful or terrible consequences; calamitous:
  2. Urgent; desperate:

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• acute

  1. Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions; sensitive:
  2. Keenly perceptive or discerning:
  3. Extremely sharp or severe; intense:

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  1. Reacting readily to stimuli or impressions; sensitive:
  2. Keenly perceptive or discerning:
  3. Extremely sharp or severe; intense:

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• drastic

  1. Extreme in effect; severe or radical:
  2. Acting rapidly or violently:

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  1. Extreme in effect; severe or radical:
  2. Acting rapidly or violently:

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• great

  1. Very large in size, extent, or intensity:
  2. Of a larger size than other, similar forms:
  3. Large in quantity or number:

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  1. Very large in size, extent, or intensity:
  2. Of a larger size than other, similar forms:
  3. Large in quantity or number:

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