Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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imperative | Yes | Yes | No | No |
desperate | Yes | Yes | No | No |
imperative (noun) | desperate (noun) |
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some duty that is essential and urgent | a person who is frightened and in need of help |
a verb in the imperative mood. | |
a mood that expresses an intention to influence the listener's behavior |
imperative (adjective) | desperate (adjective) |
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requiring attention or action | showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort |
relating to verbs in the imperative mood | 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 |