desperate synonyms

desperate

modif.

  1. Hopeless

    despairing, despondent, desirous, in extremities; see hopeless 2, sad 1.

  2. Reckless

    incautious, frantic, wild; see careless 1, rash.

  3. Extreme

    great, drastic, acute, dire; see extreme 2, urgent 1. See syn. study at hopeless.

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