Words Like DESPERATE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to DESPERATE.

1 Despairing Adjective Synonym Words Like Despairing

2 Heroic Adjective Synonym Words Like Heroic

3 Dire Adjective Synonym Words Like Dire

4 Brave Adjective Similar Words Like Brave

5 Courageous Adjective Similar Words Like Courageous

6 Critical Adjective Similar Words Like Critical

7 Dangerous Adjective Similar Words Like Dangerous

8 Hopeless Adjective Similar Words Like Hopeless

9 Imperative Adjective Similar Words Like Imperative

10 Resolute Adjective Similar Words Like Resolute

11 Unsafe Adjective Similar Words Like Unsafe

12 Unfortunate Noun Synonym Words Like Unfortunate

13 Outrageous Adjective Synonym Words Like Outrageous

14 Goner Noun Hyponym Words Like Goner

15 Toast Noun Hyponym Words Like Toast

1 a desperate disease; desperate fortune.

2 a desperate effort

3 a do-or-die conflict

4 a desperate need for recognition

5 her desperate screams

6 a desperate cry for help

7 helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether

8 the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal

9 on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel

10 a dire emergency

1 Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.

2 Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous

3 Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.

4 Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.

5 One desperate or hopeless.

6 desperately determined

7 a person who is frightened and in need of help

8 showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire

9 arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

10 fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

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