Desperate vs. Desparate
Desperate (adjective)
In dire need of something.
"I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food."
Desperate (adjective)
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."
Desperate (adjective)
Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.
"a desperate effort"
Desperate (adjective)
Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.
"a desperate disease;"
"desperate fortune"
Desperate (adjective)
Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.
Desperate (adjective)
Extremely intense.
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Desparate (adjective)
misspelling of desperate
Desparate (adjective)
misspelling of disparate
Desperate (adjective)
feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with
"a desperate sadness enveloped Ruth"
Desperate (adjective)
(of an act) tried in despair or when everything else has failed
"drugs used in a desperate attempt to save his life"
Desperate (adjective)
(of a situation) extremely serious or dangerous
"there is a desperate shortage of teachers"
Desperate (adjective)
(of a person) violent or dangerous
"a desperate criminal"
Desperate (adjective)
very bad
"that beer's desperate—it's a wonder you've the nerve to offer it for sale"
Desperate (adjective)
(of a person) having a great need or desire for something
"other women are desperate to get back to work"
"I am desperate for a cigarette"
Desperate (adjective)
Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
Desperate (adjective)
Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
Desperate (adjective)
Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.
Desperate (adjective)
Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; - used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.
Desperate (noun)
One desperate or hopeless.
Desperate (noun)
a person who is frightened and in need of help;
"they prey on the hopes of the desperate"
Desperate (adjective)
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope;
"a despairing view of the world situation"
"the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"
"a desperate cry for help"
"helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"
"her desperate screams"
Desperate (adjective)
desperately determined;
"do-or-die revolutionaries"
"a do-or-die conflict"
Desperate (adjective)
(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair;
"a desperate criminal"
"taken hostage of desperate men"
Desperate (adjective)
showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort;
"made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"
"the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"
"they took heroic measures to save his life"
Desperate (adjective)
showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire;
"felt a desperate urge to confess"
"a desperate need for recognition"
Desperate (adjective)
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless;
"a desperate illness"
"on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"
"a dire emergency"
