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Results for: "desperate"

Translating from English to Czech

Translations:

desperate — filled with despair
→ zoufalý m
→ beznadějný

More translations:

desperate
→ všeho schopný
desperate
→ zoufalý, beznadějný
desperate
→ zoufalý

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 1

  1. a person who is frightened and in need of help

    • “they prey on the hopes of the desperate”

ADJECTIVE 6

  1. arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

    • “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 screams”
    Synonymsdespairing

  2. desperately determined

    • “do-or-die revolutionaries”
    • “a do-or-die conflict”
    Synonymsdo-or-die

  3. (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair

    • “a desperate criminal”
    • “taken hostage of desperate men”
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  1. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort

    • “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.C.Marshall”
    • “they took heroic measures to save his life”
    Synonymsheroic

  2. showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire

    • “felt a desperate urge to confess”
    • “a desperate need for recognition”

  3. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

    • “a desperate illness”
    • “on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall”
    • “a dire emergency”
    Synonymsdire