| Main Entry: |
desperate |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
hopeless |
Synonyms: |
at end of one's rope, back to the wall, can't win, dead duck,
despairing,
despondent, desponding, downcast,
forlorn,
futile,
gone*, goner, hard up, in the soup, in the toilet, inconsolable, irrecoverable, irremediable, irretrievable, no-chance, no-way, no-win, running out of time,
sad, sunk, up against it, up the creek,
useless,
vain,
wretched
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Antonyms: |
hopeful
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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