DICTOMETER

DESESPERADO (Spanish for "desperate")

(desperate, desponded, unpromising, unpromisingly, desperat, fortvilet)

1. Synonyms:
   • Desperate
   Definitions:
   • a person who is frightened and in need of help
   Examples:
   • They prey on the hopes of the desperate
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Despairing
   • Desperate
   Definitions:
   • arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
   Examples:
   • A despairing view of the world situation
   • The last despairing plea of the condemned criminal
   • A desperate cry for help
   • Helpless and desperate
   Antonyms:
   • Hopeful
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Desperate
   • Do-or-die
   Definitions:
   • desperately determined
   Examples:
   • Do-or-die revolutionaries
   • A do-or-die conflict
   Antonyms:
   • Irresolute
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Desperate
   Definitions:
   • (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
   Examples:
   • A desperate criminal
   • Taken hostage of desperate men
   Antonyms:
   • Safe
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Desperate
   • Heroic
   Definitions:
   • showing extreme courage
   • especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
   Examples:
   • 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
   Antonyms:
   • Cowardly
   • Fearful
   
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Desperate
   Definitions:
   • showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
   Examples:
   • Felt a desperate urge to confess
   • A desperate need for recognition
   Antonyms:
   • Beseeching
   • Pleading
   • Imploring
   
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Desperate
   • Dire
   Definitions:
   • fraught with extreme danger
   • nearly hopeless
   Examples:
   • A desperate illness
   • On all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel- G.C.Marshall
   • A dire emergency
   Antonyms:
   • Noncritical
   • Noncrucial