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desesperado — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • desperate adjective Willing to do almost anything because you urgently need something; driven by extreme need.
  • forlorn adj Sad and lonely, especially from feeling abandoned.
  • frantic adj Wild with panic, worry, or urgency.
  • hopeless adj Without hope; expecting nothing good to happen.

Senses

desesperado is used for these senses in English:

  • desperate Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.
  • desperate Intense; extremely intense.
  • forlorn Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.
  • frantic In a state of panic, worry, frenzy, or rush.
  • hopeless Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
  • last-ditch (idiomatic) Final, as a last resort; done in desperation.

desperate — full definition

  1. adjective Willing to do almost anything because you urgently need something; driven by extreme need.
  2. adjective So serious or dangerous that there seems to be little hope; extremely dire.
  3. adjective Reckless because you feel you have no other choice; willing to take drastic risks.

forlorn — full definition

  1. adj Sad and lonely, especially from feeling abandoned.
  2. adj Unlikely to succeed; nearly hopeless.

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