desperate

/ˈdespərət/ adjective

Translation

WITHOUT HOPE › feeling that you have no hope and are ready to do anything to change the situation you are in

çaresiz, her şeyi göze almış, gözü dönmüş, umutsuzluğa kapılmış

He was absolutely desperate and would have tried anything to get her back.983

NEEDING SOMETHING › needing or wanting something very much

çok istekli/arzulu

By two o'clock I was desperate for something to eat.928

BAD › A desperate situation is very bad or serious.

kritik, çok kötü, hemen hemen ümitsiz

The economy is in a really desperate situation.2110

desperately adverb ›

umutsuzca

desperation

/ˌdespəˈreɪʃən/ noun [U] ›

umutsuzluk

(Definition of desperate adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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