desperate
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: reckless, outrageous
Synonyms:
atrocious
audacious
bold
careless
dangerous
daring
death-defying
determined
devilmay-care
foolhardy
frantic
frenzied
furious
hasty
hazardous
headlong
headstrong
heinous
impetuous
incautious
madcap
monstrous
precipitate
rash
risky
scandalous
shocking
venturesome
violent
wild
- adjective (adj)
Meaning: hopeless
Synonyms:
at end of one’s rope
back to the wall
can’t win
dead duck
despairing
despondent
desponding
downcast
forlorn
futile
gone
goner
hard up
inconsolable
in the soup
in the toilet
irrecoverable
irremediable
irretrievable
no-chance
no-way
no-win
running out of time
sad
sunk
up against it
up the creek
useless
vain
wretched
Antonyms:
hopeful
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