Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word Feeling or showing hopelessness or a strong need
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:
From Middle English desperat or desperat, from Latin dēsperātus, past participle of dēspērāre, meaning to despair; ultimately from de- (away) + sperare (to hope).
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