desperate
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food.
desperate to eat; desperate for attention
- 2.
Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.
I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark.
- 3.
Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous.
a desperate disease; desperate fortune
- 4.
Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness.
He dove into the rushing waters in a desperate effort to save her life.
- 5.
Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable.
Whoever's writing the stuff on this has desperate handwriting, like they must be a doctor...
- 6.
Intense; extremely intense.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(US, dialectal)(US dialectal) Desperately.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.
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ine-pro From Middle English desperat(e) (desperate), borrowed from Latin dēspērātus, perfect passive participle of dēspērō (to be without hope), see -ate. The noun is derived from the adjective or from the Latin source through substantivization, see -ate.