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What is another word for be desperate?

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Verb
To have a strong want or desire
long
yearn
pine
ache
wish
burn
hunger
thirst
itch
pant
hope
crave
need
covet
want
desire
hanker
lust
yen
be bent on
be consumed with desire
be dying
be eager
be unable to wait
dream of
eat one's heart out over
hanker after
hanker for
have a yen
lust after
set one's heart on
set your sights on
would give one's eye teeth
be itching
have a longing
be athirst
fancy
be aching
be desirous
be hungry
suspire
sigh
want badly
be thirsty
pine for
have a hankering
be greedy
be consumed with the desire
obsess
drool
have a yen for
cream for
partial to
be eating one's heart out
be consumed with a desire
be burning
lick one's chops
drool over
dream
chafe
die
be very keen
be very eager
lust for
thirst for
hunger after
hunger for
have a fancy
feel a longing
be gagging
be impatient
set your heart upon
would give one's eyeteeth for
long for
wish for
yearn for
yen for
seek
be consumed with desire for
itch for
be athirst for
spoil for
pant for
cry out for
be desirous of
ache for
suspire for
aspire to
aspire
languish
miss
desiderate
envy
hope for
strive
choose
carry a torch
salivate for
regret the absence of
die for
eat your heart out
repine for
pant after
sigh for
jones for
be dying for
aim
have one's heart set on
begrudge
be desperate for
pine after
be unable to wait for
have hots for
have designs on
burn for
have your eye on
lament
long to
hope to
desire to
regret the loss of
shed tears for
dream about
cry for
wish to
want to
yearn to
hanker to
have the hots for
have hard feelings
turn green
be envious
die over
object to
be covetous of
hunger to
thirst after
be passionate
be eager for
have a crush on
require
jones
feen
give eyeteeth for
desire intensely
“They quite rightly don't want to be seen to be desperate for an acquisition, and are apparently willing to bide their time, waiting for the right opportunity.”
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