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Desparate vs. Desperate: Decoding the Right Spelling

Desparate vs. Desperate

Which is correct: Desparate or Desperate

How to spell Desperate?

Desparate is Incorrect

Desperate is Correct

Desperate Definitions

Having lost all hope; despairing.
Marked by, arising from, or showing despair
The desperate look of hunger.
A desperate cry for help.
Reckless or violent because of despair
A desperate criminal.
Undertaken out of extreme urgency or as a last resort
A desperate attempt to save the family business.
Nearly hopeless; critical
A desperate illness.
A desperate situation.
Suffering or driven by great need or distress
Desperate for recognition.
Extremely intense
Felt a desperate urge to tell the truth.
In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food.
Desperate to eat; desperate for attention
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.
Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous.
A desperate disease;
Desperate fortune
Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness.
He dove into the rushing waters in a desperate effort to save her life.
Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable.
Intense; extremely intense.
A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.
Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
I am desperate of obtaining her.
Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.
Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; - used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.
A desperate offendress against nature.
The most desperate of reprobates.
One desperate or hopeless.
A person who is frightened and in need of help;
They prey on the hopes of the desperate
Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope;
A despairing view of the world situation
The last despairing plea of the condemned criminal
A desperate cry for help
Helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether
Her desperate screams
Desperately determined;
Do-or-die revolutionaries
A do-or-die conflict
(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair;
A desperate criminal
Taken hostage of desperate men
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
They took heroic measures to save his life
Showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire;
Felt a desperate urge to confess
A desperate need for recognition
Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless;
A desperate illness
On all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel
A dire emergency

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