desperate
/ˈdespərət/ adjectiveDefinition
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
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