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desperate

გამოთქმა: /ˈdɛsp(ə)rət/

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  • 1feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with:a desperate sadness enveloped Ruth
  • (of an act) tried in despair or when everything else has failed:drugs used in a desperate attempt to save his life
  • (of a situation) extremely serious or dangerous:there is a desperate shortage of teachers
  • (of a person) violent or dangerous:a desperate criminal
  • Irish informal very bad:that beer’s desperate—it’s a wonder you’ve the nerve to offer it for sale
  • 2 [predic.] (of a person) having a great need or desire for something:I am desperate for a cigarette [with infinitive]:other women are desperate to get back to work

desperate diseases must have desperate remedies

proverb extreme measures are justified as a response to a difficult or dangerous situation: she resorted to even more desperate remedies

desperateness

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