desperately

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.

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[Middle English desperat, from Latin dēspērātus, past participle of dēspērāre, to despair; see despair.]

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des′per·ate·ly adv.

des′per·ate·ness n.

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Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	desperately - with great urgency; "health care reform is needed urgently"; "the soil desperately needed potash" urgently
	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

verzweifelt

απελπισμένα

desesperadamenteterriblemente

epätoivoisesti

désespérément

očajnički

í örvæntingu

disperatamente

必死で

필사적으로

wanhopig

fortvilet

rozpaczliwie

desesperadamente

отчаянно

zúfalo

obupno

desperat

อย่างสิ้นหวัง

çok ümitsizceumutsuzca

một cách liều lĩnh

孤注一掷地绝望地

desperately

[ˈdespərɪtlɪ] ADV

1. (= 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

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

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

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desperately

[ˈdɛspərətli] adv

(= frantically) → désespérément
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

He desperately needs help → Il a désespérément besoin d'aide.

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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, estremamente
desperately ill → gravemente malato/a, tra la vita e la morte
desperately in love → perdutamente innamorato/a

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desperate

(ˈdespərət) adjective

1. (sometimes used loosely) despairingly reckless or violent. She was desperate to get into university; a desperate criminal. desperaat, roekelose مُسْتَميت، مُتَهَوِّر отчаян desesperado všeho schopný verzweifelt desperat απελπισμένοςdesesperado kõigeks valmis olev مایوس؛ دست از جان کشیده epätoivoinen prêt à tout נואש निराश očajnički elszánt nekat örþrifa-, sem svífst einskis disperato 死にもの狂いの 무모한 labai užsispyręs, pasiryžęs viskam neprātīgs; bezcerīgs nekad vertwijfeldvill etter, desperatzdesperowany, zaciekły مايوسه، نا اميده خوراكلك: ډير بد: نه كېدونكى كار: هغه څوك چه چاړه يې هډته رسېدلى وى desesperado disperat, capabil de orice отчаянный; закоренелый zúfalo odhodlaný neizprosen, obupno si prizadevajoč očajan desperat มีความต้องการอย่างมาก; ร้ายแรง gözü dönmüş, her şeyi göze almış 不顧一切的 несамовитий; безрозсудний متشدد ، جابر liều lĩnh 不顾一切的，拼命的

2. very bad or almost hopeless. We are in a desperate situation. wanhopige, desperate فاقِد الأمَل، يائِس безнадежден desesperado zoufalý, beznadějný verzweifelt desperat; fortvivlet; håbløs απελπιστικός deseperado lootusetu ناامید کننده؛ یأس آور toivoton désespéréמיואש निराशोन्मत्त, निराशा जनित उन्मत्तता में beznadan reménytelen buruk örþrifa- disperato 絶望的な 절망적인 beviltiškas šausmīgs; briesmīgs terdesak wanhopigdrevet til det ytterste, desperat, fortviletrozpaczliwy ، نا اميده خوراكلك desesperado disperat ужасный zúfalý obupen beznadežan desperat, förtvivlad ซึ่งสิ้นหวัง çok kötü 危急的 безнадійний بہت خراب یا مایوسی سے بھرا tuyệt vọng 危急的

3. urgent and despairing. He made a desperate appeal for help. desperate, wanhopige ماسٌّ، مُسْتَعْجَل отчаян desesperado zoufalý verzweifelt desperat απεγνωσμένοςdesesperado meeleheitlik مبرم؛ شدید äärimmäinen désespéré זָקוּק נוֹאָשוֹת हताश hitan kétségbeesett mendesak örvæntingarfullur disperato 必死の 필사적인 nevilties kupinas izmisīgs sungguh vertwijfelddesperat, fortviletrozpaczliwy . بيړګندۍ (عاجل)، فوري، اصرار كوونكى، دبار اچوونكى، دسملاسي پاملرنې غوښتونكى desesperado disperat отчаянный zúfalý obupen očajnički desperat, förtvivlad หมดหวัง acil, ivedi (因絕望而)不顧一切的，孤注一擲的 розпачливий; відчайдушний شدید مطالبہ khẩn cầu （因绝望而）不顾一切的，孤注一掷的

ˈdesperately adverb

desperaat, wanhopig بِصورَةٍ ماسَّه безнадеждно desesperadamente zoufale verzweifelt desperat; fortvivlet; håbløst απεγνωσμένα desesperadamente meeleheitlikult ناامیدانه؛ شدیداً epätoivoisesti désespérément נוֹאָשוֹת बेतहाशा očajnički reménytelenül dengan mendesak í örvæntingu disperatamente 死にもの狂いで 필사적으로 iš nevilties, desperatiškai izmisīgi; bezcerīgi dengan nekad vertwijfeld, wanhopigfortvilet, desperat zaciekle, rozpaczliwie ، نا اميده خوراكلك desesperadamente disperat отчаянно zúfalo obupno beznadežno desperat, förtvivlat อย่างเต็มที่; อย่างสิ้นหวัง çok ümitsizce 孤注一擲地 несамовито; відчайдушно اشد طور پر một cách tuyệt vọng 孤注一掷地

ˌdespeˈration noun

In desperation we asked the police for help. wanhopigheid, radeloosheid يَأْس، إسْتِماتَه отчаяние desespero zoufalství, beznaděj die Verzweiflung desperation; fortvivlelse; håbløshed απελπισία deseperación meeleheide ناامیدی؛ ناچاری epätoivo désespoir יֵאוּש हताशा očajavanje kétségbeesés keputusasaan örvænting, úrræðaleysi disperazione 死にもの狂い 절망 neviltis, desperacija izmisums keputusasaan vertwijfeling fortvilelse, desperasjon desperacja نااميدى desespero disperare отчаяние zúfalstvo obup beznađe desperation ความสิ้นหวัง ümitsizlik, çaresizlik 絕望 розпач; відчайдушність مایوس کن صورت حال trạng thái tuyệt vọng 绝望

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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

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