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Desperate vs. Desparate

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Desperateadjective

In dire need of something.

ā€˜I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food.’;

Desparateadjective

misspelling of desperate

Desperateadjective

Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.

ā€˜I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark.’;

Desparateadjective

misspelling of disparate

Desperateadjective

Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.

ā€˜a desperate effort’;

Desperateadjective

Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.

ā€˜a desperate disease;’; ā€˜desperate fortune’;

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Desperateadjective

Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.

Desperateadjective

Extremely intense.

Desperateadjective

Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.

ā€˜I am desperate of obtaining her.’;

Desperateadjective

Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.

Desperateadjective

Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.

Desperateadjective

Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; - used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.

ā€˜A desperate offendress against nature.’; ā€˜The most desperate of reprobates.’;

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Desperatenoun

One desperate or hopeless.

Desperatenoun

a person who is frightened and in need of help;

ā€˜they prey on the hopes of the desperate’;

Desperateadjective

arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope;

ā€˜a despairing view of the world situation’; ā€˜the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal’; ā€˜a desperate cry for help’; ā€˜helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether’; ā€˜her desperate screams’;

Desperateadjective

desperately determined;

ā€˜do-or-die revolutionaries’; ā€˜a do-or-die conflict’;

Desperateadjective

(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair;

ā€˜a desperate criminal’; ā€˜taken hostage of desperate men’;

Desperateadjective

showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort;

ā€˜made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber’; ā€˜the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war’; ā€˜they took heroic measures to save his life’;

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Desperateadjective

showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire;

ā€˜felt a desperate urge to confess’; ā€˜a desperate need for recognition’;

Desperateadjective

fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless;

ā€˜a desperate illness’; ā€˜on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel’; ā€˜a dire emergency’;

Desperateadjective

feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with

ā€˜a desperate sadness enveloped Ruth’;

Desperateadjective

(of an act) tried in despair or when everything else has failed

ā€˜drugs used in a desperate attempt to save his life’;

Desperateadjective

(of a situation) extremely serious or dangerous

ā€˜there is a desperate shortage of teachers’;

Desperateadjective

(of a person) violent or dangerous

ā€˜a desperate criminal’;

Desperateadjective

very bad

ā€˜that beer's desperate—it's a wonder you've the nerve to offer it for sale’;

Desperateadjective

(of a person) having a great need or desire for something

ā€˜other women are desperate to get back to work’; ā€˜I am desperate for a cigarette’;

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