Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word Having a strong desire to do something or needing a solution urgently due to a difficult situation.
Desperate
/ˈdespərət/Synonyms:
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Examples:
Frank Churchill's character was not desperate.
Her husband's work with poison gas triggered even more desperate melancholy.
It was splendid, magnificent, desperate.
Etymology:
Originating from the Latin desperatus, meaning given up or despairing. It was adopted into Middle French as desperat and into Middle English during the late 14th century.
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