desperately
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des·per·ate
(dĕs′pər-ĭt)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 dēspērātus, past participle of dēspērāre, to despair; see despair.]
des′per·ate·ly adv.
des′per·ate·ness n.
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2. | desperately - in intense despair; "the child clung desperately to her mother" |
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desperately
adverb
1. gravely, badly, seriously, severely, dangerously, perilously a man who was desperately ill with cancer
2. urgently, intensely, with urgency, pressingly He was a boy who desperately needed affection.
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Translations
بِصورَةٍ ماسَّهبِيَأْس
zoufale
desperatfortvivlethåbløst
epätoivoisesti
očajnički
í örvæntingu
必死で
필사적으로
zúfalo
obupno
desperat
อย่างสิ้นหวัง
çok ümitsizceumutsuzca
một cách liều lĩnh
desperately
[ˈdespərɪtlɪ] ADV1. (= urgently, frantically) [say, look] → desesperadamente, con desesperación; [try, struggle, look for] → desesperadamente; [fight] → encarnizadamente; [need, require] → urgentemente, desesperadamente
to hope desperately for sth → desear algo con todas sus fuerzas
to be desperately in love → estar locamente or perdidamente enamorado
to be desperately in need of sth → necesitar algo urgentemente
I desperately wanted to become a film director → quería ser director de cine más que nada en el mundo or con todo el alma
to hope desperately for sth → desear algo con todas sus fuerzas
to be desperately in love → estar locamente or perdidamente enamorado
to be desperately in need of sth → necesitar algo urgentemente
I desperately wanted to become a film director → quería ser director de cine más que nada en el mundo or con todo el alma
2. (= horribly) [lonely, thin, shy, poor] → terriblemente
we're not desperately busy at the moment → no estamos lo que se dice terriblemente ocupados en este momento
it's desperately cold → hace un frío terrible
to try desperately hard to do sth → esforzarse mucho por hacer algo
I'm desperately hungry → me muero de hambre
desperately ill → muy grave, gravemente enfermo
I'm not desperately keen on the idea → la idea no me vuelve loco
to be desperately short of sth → andar escasísimo de algo
he's desperately unhappy → es terriblemente desdichado
my parents were desperately worried → mis padres estaban preocupadísimos
we're not desperately busy at the moment → no estamos lo que se dice terriblemente ocupados en este momento
it's desperately cold → hace un frío terrible
to try desperately hard to do sth → esforzarse mucho por hacer algo
I'm desperately hungry → me muero de hambre
desperately ill → muy grave, gravemente enfermo
I'm not desperately keen on the idea → la idea no me vuelve loco
to be desperately short of sth → andar escasísimo de algo
he's desperately unhappy → es terriblemente desdichado
my parents were desperately worried → mis padres estaban preocupadísimos
3. (= very much, very) "do you want to have children?" - "not desperately" → -¿quieres tener hijos? -no estoy desesperado por tenerlos
it's not desperately important/urgent → no es terriblemente importante/urgente
I'm not desperately keen → no es que me entusiasme
"hungry?" - "not desperately" → -¿tienes hambre? -puedo aguantar
it's not desperately important/urgent → no es terriblemente importante/urgente
I'm not desperately keen → no es que me entusiasme
"hungry?" - "not desperately" → -¿tienes hambre? -puedo aguantar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
desperately
[ˈdɛspərətli] adv (= frantically) → désespérément
He was desperately trying to persuade her → Il essayait désespérément de la persuader.
He was desperately trying to persuade her → Il essayait désespérément de la persuader.
(= very) [worried] → terriblement, extrêmement; [busy] → extrêmement
We're desperately worried → Nous sommes terriblement inquiets.
desperately ill → très gravement malade
We're desperately worried → Nous sommes terriblement inquiets.
desperately ill → très gravement malade
He desperately needs help → Il a désespérément besoin d'aide.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
desperately
adv
(= frantically) fight, look for, hope, try → verzweifelt
(= urgently) need → dringend; want → unbedingt; to be desperately in need of somebody/something → jdn/etw dringend brauchen; he desperately wanted to become a film maker → er wollte unbedingt Filmemacher werden
(= extremely) difficult → extrem; important, sad → äußerst; desperately ill → schwer krank; his son was desperately ill with cancer → sein Sohn war schwer krebskrank; to be desperately worried (about something) → sich (dat) (→ über etw acc) → schreckliche Sorgen machen; I’m not desperately worried → ich mache mir keine allzu großen Sorgen; to be desperately keen to do something → etw unbedingt tun wollen; I’m not desperately keen on … → ich bin nicht besonders scharf auf (acc) → …; desperately unhappy → todunglücklich; to try desperately hard to do something → verzweifelt versuchen, etw zu tun; to be desperately in love (with somebody) → unsterblich (in jdn) verliebt sein
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desperately
[ˈdɛsp/ərɪtlɪ] adv (say, look) → con disperazione; (fight) → disperatamente; (extremely) → terribilmente, estremamentedesperately ill → gravemente malato/a, tra la vita e la morte
desperately in love → perdutamente innamorato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
desperate
(ˈdespərət) adjective1. (sometimes used loosely) despairingly reckless or violent. She was desperate to get into university; a desperate criminal.
2. very bad or almost hopeless. We are in a desperate situation.
3. urgent and despairing. He made a desperate appeal for help.
ˈdesperately adverbˌdespeˈration noun
In desperation we asked the police for help.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
desperately
→ بِيَأْس zoufale desperat verzweifelt απελπισμένα desesperadamente epätoivoisesti désespérément očajnički disperatamente 必死で 필사적으로 wanhopig fortvilet rozpaczliwie desesperadamente отчаянно desperat อย่างสิ้นหวัง umutsuzca một cách liều lĩnh 绝望地Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009