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Antonyms for desperate


Grammar : Adj
Spell : des-per-it, -prit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɛs pər ɪt, -prɪt



Definition of desperate

Origin :
  • early 15c., "despairing, hopeless," from Latin desperatus "given up, despaired of," past participle of desperare (see despair (v.)). Sense of "driven to recklessness" is from late 15c.; weakened sense of "having a great desire for" is from 1950s. Related: Desperately.
  • adj reckless, outrageous
  • adj extreme, intense
  • adj hopeless
Example sentences :
  • He turned and began to run homewards, like a hunted man in desperate flight.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Desperate hope in another man's God may do something for us, but it cannot do much.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • In this desperate situation he determined to send a written despatch to Athens.
  • Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
  • It may be, however, that matters are not so desperate as they appear.
  • Extract from : « Main Street » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • "You're a desperate fellow," she said, half scared, and she laughed a little.
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • The attack of the castle and the defense of it were equally fierce, bloody, and desperate.
  • Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
  • Suffering had made me desperate, and I cared not for the consequences.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Even this did not make me beastly drunk, but it made me desperate and impudent.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • "Kill me, if you will, and have done," he went on in a voice that was desperate with love and shame.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard
  • With a desperate effort he cast himself into the water, dragging them with him.
  • Extract from : « Fair Margaret » by H. Rider Haggard

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