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Word: Desperate
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘in despair’): from Latin desperatus ‘deprived of hope’, past participle of desperare (see despair)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈdɛsp(ə)rət
Dialects: British English
Definition:
feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with
Short Definition:feeling or showing despair
Examples:- a desperate sadness enveloped Ruth
Definition:
(of a person) having a great need or desire for something
Short Definition:having great need for something
Examples:- I am desperate for a cigarette
- other women are desperate to get back to work
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