desperate

Etymology: [ des-p(&-)r&t, -p&r ] (adjective.) 15th century. From Latin dēspērātus, past participle of dēspērō (“to be without hope”)

Synonyms: atrocious, audacious, bold, careless, dangerous, daring, death-defying, determined, devil-may-care, foolhardy, frantic, frenzied, furious, hasty, hazardous, headlong, headstrong, heinous, impetuous

Antonyms: confident, content, satisfied, secure, unworried, calm, contented, satisfactory, hopeful

English - Turkish translation for "desperate"

• desperate: umutsuz
• desperate: çaresiz sıfat
• desperate: ümitsiz
• desperate: herşeyi göze almış
• desperate: azgın sıfat
• desperate: vahim sıfat
• desperate: çaresizliğe kapılmış
• desperate: çok ciddi
• desperate: müthiş
• desperate: gözükara sıfat
• desperate: ümitsizlikten saldıran
• desperate: korkunç sıfat
• desperate: aşırı sıfat
• desperate: gözü dönmüş
• desperate: her şeyi göze alabilen
• desperate: her şeyi göze almış
• desperately: umutsuzca
• desperately: son derece
• desperately: tam
• desperately: can havli ile
• desperately: can havliyle
• desperately: çılgınca
• desperately: ümitsizce
• desperateness: umutsuzluk

English - English translation for "desperate"

• desperate: 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: Extremely intense
• desperate: Reckless abandon in the pursuit of an extreme desire
• desperate: If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it. Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane. + desperately des·per·ate·ly Thousands are desperately trying to leave their battered homes
• desperate: hopeless, despairing; dangerous, violent; terrible, bad sıfat
• desperate: Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune
• desperate: Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality
• desperate: Without hope; given to despair; hopeless
• desperate: One desperate or hopeless
• desperate: hopeless
• desperate: being filled with, or in a state of despair
• desperate: Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort
• desperate: (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men"
• desperate: 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"- G C Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life"
• desperate: a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"
• desperate: If you are desperate for something or desperate to do something, you want or need it very much indeed. They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family People are desperate for him to do something. + desperately des·per·ate·ly He was a boy who desperately needed affection
• desperate: 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: A desperate situation is very difficult, serious, or dangerous. India's United Nations ambassador said the situation is desperate = dire
• desperate: Marshall; "a dire emergency" showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition" desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict" (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men
• desperate: a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate" fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G
• desperate: Marshall; "a dire emergency"
• desperate: fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G
• desperate: showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition"
• desperate: desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict"
• desperate: (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men
• desperately: In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly
• desperately.: like one's life depended on it
• desperately: hopelessly; very much, extremely
• desperately: In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately
• desperately: with great urgency; "health care reform is needed urgently"; "the soil desperately needed potash"
• desperately: in intense despair; "the child clung desperately to her mother
• desperately: in intense despair; "the child clung desperately to her mother"
• desperateness: Desperation; virulence
• desperateness: hopelessness, despair isim
• desperateness: The state or quality of being desperate