DESPERATE — ТЛУМАЧЕННЯ
desperate
A person who is frightened and in need of help.
Приклади
- They prey on the hopes of the desperate.
Showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort.
Приклади
- Made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber.
- The desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.
Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless.
Приклади
- A desperate illness.
- On all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall.
- A dire emergency.
Showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire.
Приклади
- Felt a desperate urge to confess.
- A desperate need for recognition.
Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope.
Приклади
- A despairing view of the world situation.
- The last despairing plea of the condemned criminal.
- A desperate cry for help.
- Helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether.
- Her desperate screa.
Desperately determined.
Приклади
- Do-or-die revolutionaries.
- A do-or-die conflict.
(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair.
Приклади
- A desperate criminal.
- Taken hostage of desperate men.
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