desperate

desperate
1. a отчаянный; доведённый до отчаяния; безрассудный

desperate attempt — отчаянная попытка

desperate daring — безумная отвага

desperate energy — энергия отчаяния

desperate resistance — отчаянное сопротивление

desperate struggle — отчаянная борьба

desperate situation — отчаянное положение

2. a безнадёжный, безвыходный

desperate condition — безнадёжное положение

3. a эмоц. -усил. ужасный; отъявленный; закоренелый

desperate villain — закоренелый негодяй

desperate addict — закоренелый наркоман

4. a эмоц. -усил. отвратительный, гнусный

desperate weather — мерзкая погода

5. a эмоц. -усил. очень сильный

desperate thirst — страшная жажда

6. adv эмоц.-усил. крайне, очень, ужасно, отчаянно, страшно

desperate bad — никуда негодный

Синонимический ряд:
1. acute (adj.) acute; climacteric; critical; crucial; dire; urgent
2. bold (adj.) bold; daring; frantic; headlong; rash; reckless
3. extreme (adj.) drastic; excessive; extreme; foolhardy; great; heroic; prodigious
4. futile (adj.) futile; vain
5. grave (adj.) dangerous; grave; serious
6. hopeless (adj.) desolate; despairing; despondent; desponding; downcast; forlorn; hopeless; wretched
7. intense (adj.) concentrated; exquisite; fierce; furious; intense; terrible; vehement; vicious; violent
8. outrageous (adj.) atrocious; crying; heinous; monstrous; outrageous; scandalous; shocking
Антонимический ряд:
careful; cautious; confident; contented; cool; hopeful; irresolute; optimistic; peaceful; promising; propitious; quiet; secure; shy; trivial

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  • Desperate — may refer to: Despair (emotion), a feeling of hopelessness Desperate (film), a 1947 suspense film directed by Anthony Mann Desperate (Divinyls album) Desperate (Daphne Khoo album) Desperate (Daphne Khoo song) Desperate , a song by David Archuleta …   Wikipedia

  • desperate — ► ADJECTIVE 1) feeling, showing, or involving despair. 2) extremely bad or serious: a desperate shortage. 3) having a great need or desire for something: desperate for a cigarette. 4) violent or dangerous. ● desperate diseases must have desperate …   English terms dictionary

  • desperate — [des′pər it] adj. [ME desperat < L desperatus, pp. of desperare: see DESPAIR] 1. a) driven to or resulting from loss of hope; rash or violent because of despair [a desperate criminal] b) having a very great desire, need, etc. [desperate for… …   English World dictionary

  • desperate — [adj1] reckless, outrageous atrocious, audacious, bold, careless, dangerous, daring, death defying, determined, devilmay care, foolhardy, frantic, frenzied, furious, hasty, hazardous, headlong, headstrong, heinous, impetuous, incautious, madcap,… …   New thesaurus

  • Desperate — Des per*ate, n. One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • desperate — index drastic, hot blooded, pessimistic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • desperate — early 15c., despairing, hopeless, from L. desperatus given up, despaired of, pp. of desperare (see DESPAIR (Cf. despair)). Sense of driven to recklessness is from late 15c.; weakened sense of having a great desire for is from 1950s. Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

  • desperate — hopeless, despairing, *despondent, forlorn Analogous words: reckless, rash, foolhardy, venturesome (see AD VENTUROUS): *precipitate, headlong: thwarted, foiled, frustrated, outwitted, circumvented, baffled, balked (see FRUSTRATE) Contrasted words …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • desperate — des|per|ate W3 [ˈdespərıt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: desperatus, past participle of desperare; DESPAIR2] 1.) willing to do anything to change a very bad situation, and not caring about danger ▪ I had no money left and was desperate.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • desperate — [[t]de̱spərət[/t]] ♦♦♦ 1) ADJ GRADED If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it. Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need... Desperate with… …   English dictionary


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