DESPERATE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a person who is frightened and in need of help
   Usage Example(s)
   • they prey on the hopes of the desperate
   Hypernyms(s) desperate is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • unfortunate (what does unfortunate mean?)
   • unfortunate person (what does unfortunate person mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • goner (what does goner mean?)
   • toast (what does toast mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • despair (what does despair mean?)

DESPERATE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • showing extreme courage
   • especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
   Synonym(s)
   • heroic (what does heroic mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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- G
   Similar To
   • brave (what does brave mean?)
   • courageous (what does courageous mean?)
   • fearless (what does fearless mean?)
2. Meaning
   • fraught with extreme danger
   • nearly hopeless
   Synonym(s)
   • dire (what does dire mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a desperate illness
   • on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel- G.C.Marshall
   • a dire emergency
   Similar To
   • critical (what does critical mean?)
3. Meaning
   • showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
   Usage Example(s)
   • felt a desperate urge to confess
   • a desperate need for recognition
   Similar To
   • imperative (what does imperative mean?)
4. Meaning
   • arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
   Synonym(s)
   • despairing (what does despairing mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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 screa
   Similar To
   • hopeless (what does hopeless mean?)
5. Meaning
   • desperately determined
   Synonym(s)
   • do-or-die(a) (what does do-or-die(a) mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • do-or-die revolutionaries
   • a do-or-die conflict
   Similar To
   • resolute (what does resolute mean?)
6. Meaning
   • (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
   Usage Example(s)
   • a desperate criminal
   • taken hostage of desperate men
   Similar To
   • dangerous (what does dangerous mean?)
   • unsafe (what does unsafe mean?)