Desperate vs. Desparate

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  • Desperate (adjective)

    In dire need of something.

    “I hadn’t eaten in two days and was desperate for food.”

  • Desperate (adjective)

    Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.

    “I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark.”

  • Desperate (adjective)

    Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.

    “a desperate effort”

  • Desperate (adjective)

    Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.

    “a desperate disease;”

    “desperate fortune”

  • Desperate (adjective)

    Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.

  • Desperate (adjective)

    Extremely intense.

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  • Desparate (adjective)

    misspelling of desperate

  • Desparate (adjective)

    misspelling of disparate

Wiktionary
  • Desperate (adjective)

    feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with

    “a desperate sadness enveloped Ruth”

  • Desperate (adjective)

    (of an act) tried in despair or when everything else has failed

    “drugs used in a desperate attempt to save his life”

  • Desperate (adjective)

    (of a situation) extremely serious or dangerous

    “there is a desperate shortage of teachers”

  • Desperate (adjective)

    (of a person) violent or dangerous

    “a desperate criminal”

  • Desperate (adjective)

    very bad

    “that beer’s desperate—it’s a wonder you’ve the nerve to offer it for sale”

  • Desperate (adjective)

    (of a person) having a great need or desire for something

    “other women are desperate to get back to work”

    “I am desperate for a cigarette”

Oxford Dictionary

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