Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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desperately | No | No | No | Yes |
desperate | Yes | Yes | No | No |
desperately (noun) | desperate (noun) |
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a person who is frightened and in need of help |
desperately (adjective) | desperate (adjective) |
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showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort | |
fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless | |
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope | |
showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire | |
desperately determined | |
(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair |
desperately (adverb) | desperate (adverb) |
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with great urgency | |
in intense despair |