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- Dictionarydes·per·ate/ˈdesp(ə)rət/
adjective
- 1. feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with: "a desperate sadness enveloped Ruth" Similar Opposite
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Synonyms for DESPERATE: hopeless, unhappy, sad, disappointed, despairing, cynical, despondent, heartbroken; Antonyms of DESPERATE: hopeful, optimistic, ecstatic, exuberant, exultant, euphoric, enraptured, merry.
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Synonyms and antonyms of desperate in English. desperate. adjective. These are words and phrases related to desperate. Click on any word or phrase to go to its thesaurus page. Or, go to the definition of desperate. He was a desperate criminal on the loose. Synonyms. reckless. dangerous. wild. frantic. Antonyms. cautious. careful.
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Synonyms for DESPERATE in English: hopeless, despairing, in despair, forlorn, abject, dejected, despondent, demoralized, wretched, disconsolate, ….
Synonyms: wild, daring, audacious, determined, reckless, abandoned, rash, furious, frantic, despairing, regardless, mad, desponding, hapless, inextricable, irremediable. Antonyms: cool, calm, cautious, timid, shy, irresolute, remediable, hopeful, promising, propitious.
Synonyms for DESPERATE: despairing, despondent, hopeless, do-or-die, desirous, forlorn, in extremities, incautious; Antonyms for DESPERATE: hopeful, confident, satisfied, secure, content, unworried, calm, satisfactory.
Synonyms for DESPERATELY: extremely, terribly, badly, incredibly, very, too, so, really; Antonyms of DESPERATELY: somewhat, little, slightly, nominally, just, barely, hardly, scarcely.