What it means
- (noun) A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.
- (adjective) In dire need of something. “I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food.”
- (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.”
- (adjective) Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious. “a desperate effort”
- (adjective) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable. “a desperate disease; desperate fortune”
- (adjective) Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.
- (adjective) Extremely intense.
Letter analysis
- Desperate contains 9 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 12.
Sub-words
- pederast
- pestered
- predates
- repeated
- dearest
- deepest
- departs
- petards
- petered
- predate
- repeats
- sedater
- speared
- speeder
- steeped
- steeper
- steered
- tapered
- tasered
- adepts
- deeper
- depart
- desert
- deters
- drapes
- eaters
- erased
- padres
- parsed
- parted
- pasted
- peered
- peseta
- pester
- petard
- peters
- prated
- prates
- preset
- rasped
- reaped
- repast
- repeat
- rested
- seared
- seated
- sedate
- seeped
- serape
- spared
- spread
- spreed
- stared
- tapers
- teared
- teased
- teaser
- tepees
- trades
Related words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with DES
- desalinate
- desalinated
- desalinates
- desalinating
- desalination
- descant
- descanted
- descanting
- descants
- descend
- descendant
- descendants
- descended
- descendent
- descendents
- descender
- descending
- descends
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Words ending with ATE
Common questions
What does Desperate mean?
A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.
How many letters are in Desperate?
Desperate has 9 letters.
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