desperate
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a person who is frightened and in need of help
they prey on the hopes of the desperate
Types & categories
- unfortunate hypernym
- goner hyponym
Related & opposite
- despair derivation
Sense 2 adjective
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
a despairing view of the world situation
Related & opposite
- hopeless similar to
Sense 3 adjective
desperately determined
do-or-die revolutionaries
Related & opposite
- resolute similar to
Sense 4 adjective
(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
a desperate criminal
Related & opposite
- dangerous similar to
Sense 5 adjective
showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber
Related & opposite
- brave similar to
Sense 6 adjective
showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
felt a desperate urge to confess
Related & opposite
- imperative similar to
Sense 7 adjective
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
a desperate illness
Related & opposite
- critical similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | despair |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | unfortunate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | goner |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | hopeless |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | resolute |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | dangerous |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | brave |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | imperative |
| 7 | similar to | Related & opposite | critical |