Comparative for feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with
“I could not help but feel pity at the desperate nature of his plea for help.”
(of a situation) Comparative for dangerously insecure or unstable
“This is a desperate situation that requires urgent action.”
Comparative for done as a last resort or in desperation
“It was the desperate act of a person in the throes of trying to save his floundering business.”
Comparative for requiring immediate attention
“Steps must be taken to get food to people in desperate need.”
Comparative for in dire need of something
“She was desperate to start a family.”
Comparative for inclined to behave in a reckless or outrageous manner
“Even so much as the sight of loose change could induce a desperate criminal to break the law.”
Comparative for being at one's lowest point with nothing to lose
“He was desperate, starving for food, and would stop at nothing to get some nourishment.”
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