English-Swedish translations for desperate

• desperat
  Han är en desperat man som står inför en desperat belägenhet och behöver allt vårt stöd.He is a desperate man facing a desperate plight and he needs all our support.
  Han är desperat, eftersom Rysslands läge är desperat.He is desperate, because Russia's situation is desperate.
  Detta är ett desperat försök att få kontroll över denna parasit.What a desperate attempt to get to grips with this parasite!

Definition of desperate

• In dire need of something
• Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless
• Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious
• Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable
• Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous
• Extremely intense
• A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc

Examples

• I hadnt eaten in two days and was desperate for food.
• I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark
• a desperate effort
• a desperate disease;  desperate fortune

Related words

• desperately
• desperate times call for desperate measures
• desperate times require desperate measures
• desperate cuts must have desperate cures
• desperate needs lead to desperate deeds
• desperate act
• desperately boring