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What is the adjective for desperate?

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desperate
  1. In dire need of something.
  2. Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.
  3. Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.
  4. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.
  5. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.
  6. Extremely intense.
  7. Synonyms:
      8. despairing, hopeless, forlorn, wretched, demoralised, demoralized, anguished, despondent, disconsolate, desolate, discouraged, disheartened, distressed, downcast, miserable, resigned, abject, defeatist, dejected, devastated, distraught, dolorous, downhearted, fraught, inconsolable, pessimistic, suicidal, overcome, sad, in despair, at the end of your tether, at wits' end, depressed, gloomy, dismal, melancholic, heartbroken, blue, melancholy, oppressed, brokenhearted, bleak, downbeat, woebegone, morose, upset, pained, weary, sunk, negative … more
  8. Examples:
      9. “I could not help but feel pity at the desperate nature of his plea for help.”
      “This is a desperate situation that requires urgent action.”
      “It was the desperate act of a person in the throes of trying to save his floundering business.”
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