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des prit

  • n  a person who is frightened and in need of help
    they prey on the hopes of the desperate
  • s  arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
    a desperate cry for help
    helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether
    her desperate screams
  • s  desperately determined
  • s  (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
    a desperate criminal
    taken hostage of desperate men
  • s  showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
    made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber
    the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall
  • s  showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
    felt a desperate urge to confess
    a desperate need for recognition
  • s  fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
    a desperate illness
    on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall

  • The Biturbo was the product of a desperate, under-funded company circling the drain of bankruptcy, and it shows.
  • Japan's aged (77) Premier Kantaro Suzuki shuffled through a round of desperate political activity.
  • It was hard not to admire Communist Spy Robert Soblen: for almost three months, by hook, crook and desperate deed, he had mocked the laws and made monkeys out of the lawmen of .
News & Articles

  • 'Desperate father' spray paints the Queen's portrait
    By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A man defaced a portrait of the Queen with paint at London's Westminster Abbey on Thursday, with a campaign group for fathers' rights saying he was one of its members making a "desperate" plea to the monarch for help. The painting of the 87-year-old monarch, "The Coronation Theatre: Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II" by London-based artist Ralph ...
    June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • 'Desperate father' spray paints British queen's portrait
    By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) - A man defaced a portrait of Britain's Queen Elizabeth with paint at London's Westminster Abbey on Thursday, with a campaign group for fathers' rights saying he was one of its members making a "desperate" plea to the monarch for help. The painting of the 87-year-old monarch, "The Coronation Theatre: Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II" by London-based ...
    June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Desperate Blackhawks send Game One into overtime
    (Reuters) - Dave Bolland and Johnny Oduya scored third period goals as the Chicago Blackhawks rallied to tie the Boston Bruins 3-3 and send Game One of the Stanley Cup Final into overtime on Wednesday. Leading 2-1 on two Milan Lucic goals, Boston struck first again in the third on a Patrice Bergeron powerplay to restore a two-goal cushion. But the desperate Blackhawks refused to fold, Bolland ...
    June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! Sports
Quotes

  • Tim Howard in Sportsbook Gurus
    The second half wasn'ta soccer game - it was more like : a track meet. Back and forth, back and forth, both teams are so desperate,Howard added.
  • Gudrun Schyman in Tampabay.com
    It may seem desperate to burn 100,000 kronor, but the situation is desperate as well,party leader Gudrun Schyman said.
  • Gareth Barry in Telegraph.co.uk
    There's no going back, it's time for me to move on,said Barry. "I'm desperate to play Champions League football and that's why I have to leave Villa." "Have Villa offered me anything to try to persuade me my future is at Villa Park,...

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