desperate


desperate - noun

  • a person who is frightened and in need of help

    • desperate - adjective

    • arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
    • desperately determined
    • (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
    • showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
    • showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
    • fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

    desperate - thesaurus

    despairing   dire   heroic  


    View spelling list Words ending in -ate and learn about the word desperate in the Spellzone English spelling course, Unit 32. Word endings: -et, -ot, -ate, -ite.

    Scrabble score for desperate

    d is 2 e is 1 s is 1 p is 3 e is 1 r is 1 a is 1 t is 1 e is 1
    Scrabble score = 12

    Please note that scrabble only allows seven tiles to be placed at once.

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