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



Definition of more 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 :
  • Nothing could have been more desperate, more furious, than this running battle.
  • Extract from : « They of the High Trails » by Hamlin Garland
  • He cooked up a plan that was even braver and more desperate.
  • Extract from : « The Colors of Space » by Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • No more desperate struggle than ours could have been found at any point.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Love » by George T. McCarthy
  • He says that he has no ready money, that his affairs are more desperate than we imagine.
  • Extract from : « The Slave of Silence » by Fred M. White
  • "The danger of remaining is more desperate," he interrupted, quickly.
  • Extract from : « Under the Rose » by Frederic Stewart Isham
  • He did not fire then, but resolved to keep the charge for a more desperate crisis.
  • Extract from : « The Young Voyageurs » by Mayne Reid
  • Nothing, apparently, could be more desperate than the situation of Paul Jones then.
  • Extract from : « Paul Jones » by Hutchins Hapgood
  • Never in her humble life had Nakpa been in more desperate straits.
  • Extract from : « Indian Child Life » by Charles A. Eastman
  • He realized that Jenny was making one more desperate effort to marry him.
  • Extract from : « The Intoxicated Ghost » by Arlo Bates
  • In the meantime the Widow Gras was getting more and more desperate.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Remarkable Criminals » by H. B. Irving

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