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Desperateness

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des·per·ate  (dspr-t)
adj.
1. Having lost all hope; despairing.
2. Marked by, arising from, or showing despair: the desperate look of hunger; a desperate cry for help.
3. Reckless or violent because of despair: a desperate criminal.
4. Undertaken out of extreme urgency or as a last resort: a desperate attempt to save the family business.
5. Nearly hopeless; critical: a desperate illness; a desperate situation.
6. Suffering or driven by great need or distress: desperate for recognition.
7. Extremely intense: felt a desperate urge to tell the truth.
[Middle English desperat, from Latin dsprtus, past participle of dsprre, to despair; see despair.]
desper·ate·ly adv.
desper·ate·ness n.
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Joan was keenly aware of the desperateness of the situation.
Adventure by London, Jack View in context
They had been selected blindly by nature, in a cruel and ignoble environment, where the prize of living was to be gained, in the main, by the cunning of cowardice, and, on occasion, by desperateness of defence when in a corner.
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In the moment of that thought the desperateness of his situation dawned upon him.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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