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Definition of desperate

"desperate" in the noun sense

1. desperate

a person who is frightened and in need of help

"they prey on the hopes of the desperate"

"desperate" in the adjective sense

1. despairing, desperate

arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

"a despairing view of the world situation"

"the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"

"a desperate cry for help"

"helpless and desperate

2. desperate, do-or-die

desperately determined

"do-or-die revolutionaries"

"a do-or-die conflict"

3. desperate

of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair

"a desperate criminal"

"taken hostage of desperate men"

4. desperate, heroic

showing extreme courage especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort

"made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"

"the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall

"they took heroic measures to save his life"

5. desperate

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

"felt a desperate urge to confess"

"a desperate need for recognition"

6. desperate, dire

fraught with extreme danger nearly hopeless

"a desperate illness"

"on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall

"a dire emergency"

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Quotations for desperate

Marriage is a desperate thing. [ John Selden ]

Necessity urges desperate measures. [ Cervantes ]

Diseases desperate grown
By desperate appliance are reliev'd.
Or not at all. [ Shakespeare ]

He waxes desperate with imagination. [ William Shakespeare ]

Haste is needful in a desperate case. [ William Shakespeare ]

He is desperate that thinks himself so. [ Proverb ]

Desperate evils generally make men safe. [ Seneca ]

Desperate diseases need desperate cures. [ Proverb ]

Desperate cases must have desperate cures. [ Proverb ]

Beware of desperate steps. The darkest day,
Live till tomorrow, will have pass'd away. [ Cowper ]

Consider how the desperate fight;
Despair strikes wild, - but often fatal too -
And in the mad encounter wins success. [ Havard ]

Desperate maladies require desperate remedies. [ French Proverb ]

In doubtful matters, courage may do much, in desperate, patience. [ Proverb ]

Lust yielded to is a pleasant madness, but it is a desperate madness when opposed. [ Bp. Hall ]

When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly. [ Dr. .Johnson ]

Those that dare lose a day are dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it, desperate. [ Bishop Hall ]

At first one omits writing for a little while; and then one stays a little while to consider of excuses; and at last it grows desperate, and one does not write at all. [ Swift ]

A very desperate habit; one that is rarely cured. Apology is only egotism wrong side out. Nine times out of ten, the first thing a man's companion knows of his shortcomings is from his apology. [ Holmes ]

Commonsense punishes all departures from her, by forcing those who rebel into a desperate war with all facts and experience, and into a still more terrible civil war with each other and with themselves. [ Colton ]

If once a woman breaks through the barriers of decency, her case is desperate; and if she goes greater lengths than the men, and leaves the pale of propriety farther behind her, it is because she is aware that all return is prohibited, and by none so strongly as by her own sex. [ Colton ]

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desperate in Scrabble®

The word desperate is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters desperate:

DESPERATE
(135)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (25 words)

adepter, dearest, deepest, deepsea, departs, petards, petered, predate, reasted, redates, redtape, reested, repaste, repeats, respade, retaped, retapes, sedater, speared, speeder, steeped, steeper, steered, tapered, tasered

 

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In desperate

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desperate in Words With Friends™

The word desperate is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters desperate:

DESPERATE
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (25 words)

adepter, dearest, deepest, deepsea, departs, petards, petered, predate, reasted, redates, redtape, reested, repaste, repeats, respade, retaped, retapes, sedater, speared, speeder, steeped, steeper, steered, tapered, tasered

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word desperate

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In desperate

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Words within the letters of desperate

2 letter words in desperate (8 words)

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3 letter words in desperate (34 words)

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4 letter words in desperate (73 words)

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5 letter words in desperate (81 words)

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6 letter words in desperate (53 words)

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7 letter words in desperate (25 words)

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8 letter words in desperate (6 words)

pesteredpredatesrapeseedrepastedrepeatedreseated

9 letter words in desperate (1 word)

desperate

desperate + 1 blank (5 words)

deepwatersdeprecatesdepredatespresteamedtreeshaped

desperate + 2 blanks (13 words)

bespattereddepreciatesdesperatelyemplasteredexasperatedprediabetespreeducatesprestreakedreplasteredreseparatedspreadsheetsuperheatedterpadienes
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Words containing the sequence desperate

Words that start with desperate (3 words)

desperatedesperatelydesperateness

Words with desperate in them (1 word)

desperate

Words that end with desperate (1 word)

desperate
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Word Growth involving desperate

Shorter words in desperate

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Longer words containing desperate

desperately

desperateness