adjective
- feeling or showing extreme urgency or intensity due to a difficult situation
- having little or no hope; feeling despair
- extremely serious or dangerous; requiring immediate action
Examples
- She made a desperate attempt to save her failing business.
- The refugees were in desperate need of food and shelter.
- He felt desperate after losing his job and couldn't pay rent.
- The patient's condition was desperate, requiring emergency surgery.
- In desperate times, people sometimes make poor decisions.
- The desperate mother searched everywhere for her missing child.
- They took desperate measures to escape the burning building.