Antonyms for desperate
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : des-per-it, -prit |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛs pər ɪt, -prɪt |
Definition of desperate
Origin :- early 15c., "despairing, hopeless," from Latin desperatus "given up, despaired of," past participle of desperare (see despair (v.)). Sense of "driven to recklessness" is from late 15c.; weakened sense of "having a great desire for" is from 1950s. Related: Desperately.
- adj reckless, outrageous
- adj extreme, intense
- adj hopeless
- He turned and began to run homewards, like a hunted man in desperate flight.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Desperate hope in another man's God may do something for us, but it cannot do much.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- In this desperate situation he determined to send a written despatch to Athens.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- It may be, however, that matters are not so desperate as they appear.
- Extract from : « Main Street » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- "You're a desperate fellow," she said, half scared, and she laughed a little.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- The attack of the castle and the defense of it were equally fierce, bloody, and desperate.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- Suffering had made me desperate, and I cared not for the consequences.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Even this did not make me beastly drunk, but it made me desperate and impudent.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- "Kill me, if you will, and have done," he went on in a voice that was desperate with love and shame.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
- With a desperate effort he cast himself into the water, dragging them with him.
- Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
Synonyms for desperate
- acute
- at end of one's rope
- atrocious
- audacious
- back to the wall
- bold
- can't win
- careless
- climacteric
- concentrated
- critical
- crucial
- dangerous
- daring
- dead duck
- death-defying
- despairing
- despondent
- desponding
- determined
- devil-may-care
- dire
- downcast
- drastic
- exquisite
- fierce
- foolhardy
- forlorn
- frantic
- frenzied
- furious
- futile
- gone
- goner
- great
- hard up
- hasty
- hazardous
- headlong
- headstrong
- heinous
- impetuous
- in the soup
- in the toilet
- incautious
- inconsolable
- irrecoverable
- irremediable
- irretrievable
- madcap
- monstrous
- no-chance
- no-way
- no-win
- precipitate
- rash
- risky
- running out of time
- sad
- scandalous
- shocking
- sunk
- terrible
- up against it
- up the creek
- urgent
- useless
- vain
- vehement
- venturesome
- very grave
- vicious
- violent
- wild
- wretched
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