adj. being beyond or almost beyond hope
She made a desperate call for help.
She made a desperate call for help.
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Why was he so desperate to get a date to the Homecoming dance?
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Which of the kids was so desperate for water that he drank sea water?
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Why was Henry desperate to change underpants?
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Why was Otto so desperate for a dog?
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Why was Katie desperate to contact her grandparents before they came home from the meeting in town?
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Junie B. was desperate to buy which item in the dollar store?
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As a young runaway, starving and desperate for food, what mistake does Arthur make?
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When did Amos say things got really desperate for his family?
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Why is Charlie desperate to talk to Gram on the first night of the road trip?
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Why does Bob feel so awful when he passes the animal shelter and hears desperate barks, meows and squeaks?
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What was in Mr. Vernon's notebook that the frown clowns were desperate to possess?
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The child was desperate for some parental guidance.
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The tone was comically desperate.
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What did Mia mean when she said "Desparate times call for desperate measures?"
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hopeless; despairing; forlorn
hopeful
3 syllables
des-per-ate
desperate
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