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desperate

 
 
/ˈdespərət/ adjective

Definition

WITHOUT HOPE feeling that you have no hope and are ready to do anything to change the situation you are in: He was absolutely desperate and would have tried anything to get her back.
NEEDING SOMETHING needing or wanting something very much: By two o'clock I was desperate for something to eat.
BAD A desperate situation is very bad or serious: The economy is in a really desperate situation.
desperately adverb desperation
 
 
/ˌdespəˈreɪʃən/ noun [U]
(Definition of desperate adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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