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Results for: "desperate"

Translating from English to Georgian

Translations:

desperate — filled with despair
→ სასოწარკვეთილი (sasoc̣arḳvetili)
→ უიმედო (uimedo)

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


NOUN (1)

1. a person who is frightened and in need of help;
- Example: "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"


ADJECTIVE (6)

1. arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope;
- Example: "a despairing view of the world situation"
- Example: "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"
- Example: "a desperate cry for help"
- Example: "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"
- Example: "her desperate screams"
[syn: despairing, desperate]

2. desperately determined;
- Example: "do-or-die revolutionaries"
- Example: "a do-or-die conflict"
[syn: desperate, do-or-die(a)]

3. (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair;
- Example: "a desperate criminal"
- Example: "taken hostage of desperate men"

4. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort;
- Example: "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"
- Example: "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall
- Example: "they took heroic measures to save his life"
[syn: desperate, heroic]

5. showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire;
- Example: "felt a desperate urge to confess"
- Example: "a desperate need for recognition"

6. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless;
- Example: "a desperate illness"
- Example: "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall
- Example: "a dire emergency"
[syn: desperate, dire]