- Types Of Speech
- You can use desperate as a noun or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Desperate
- A 3 syllables noun and 9 letters with the letters a, d, e, p, r, s, and t, 5 consonants, 4 vowels and 3 syllables with the middle letter e. Desperate starts with a consonant and ends with a vowel with the starting letters d, de, des, desp, despe, and the ending characters are e, te, ate, rate, erate, ..
- Definition
- A person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Desperate is set as a sat word that starts with d, ends with e, 3 syllables, 4 vowels and 9 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Desperate in Pig Latin is said as "esperateday or esperatedway".
- Unigram
- d | e | s | p | e | r | a | t | e
- Bigram
- de | es | sp | pe | er | ra | at | te
- Trigram
- des | esp | spe | per | era | rat | ate
- Quadrigram
- desp | espe | sper | pera | erat | rate
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- a person who is frightened and in need of help;
"they prey on the hopes of the desperate"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- 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 - 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.C.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" - 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 screa - 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"
Synonym | Definition |
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Abject | showing humiliation or submissiveness "an abject apology" |
Abrupt | surprisingly and unceremoniously brusque in manner "an abrupt reply" |
Accident Prone | |
Aching For | |
Acute | a mark ('') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
Acute Accent | |
Affording No Hope | |
Ague | a mark ('') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
Amok | in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon "the soldier was completely amuck" "berserk with grief" "a berserk worker smashing windows" |
Amuck | in a murderous frenzy as if possessed by a demon "the soldier was completely amuck" "berserk with grief" "a berserk worker smashing windows" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Desperate
Anagram | Definition |
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Desperate | a person who is frightened and in need of help "they prey on the hopes of the desperate" |
View English words with the unique letters used in desperate. Words With The Letters Adeprst
Word | Definition |
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Despair | the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well |
Word | Definition |
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Unfortunate | a person who suffers misfortune |
Unfortunate Person |
Word | Definition |
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Goner | a person in desperate straits; someone doomed; "I''m a goner if this plan doesn''t work"; "one mistake and you''re toast" |
Toast | slices of bread that have been toasted |
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Negative Feelings | Describe desperate | A word list of negative feeling words and the best English words to describe negative emotions. Emotional negative words... read more |
Desperate Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With E
- Spelled With / Contains Letters