9 Letter Words for Desperate
departees, desperate
8 Letter Words for Desperate
departee, ereptase, estreped, pederast, pestered, predates, rapeseed, repasted, repeated, reseated, trapesed
7 Letter Words for Desperate
adepter, apersee, asprete, dearest, deepest, departs, depeter, deprest, derates, deseret, despert, drapets, estrade, estrepe, padtree, petards, petered, preased, predate, prested, readept, reasted, redates, reested, repaste, repeats, respade, resteep, retaped, retapes, sedater, separte, speared, speeder, speered, sperate, steared, steeped, steeper, steered, tapered, tasered
6 Letter Words for Desperate
adepts, adeste, aredes, aretes, asteep, asteer, atrede, daters, deares, deeper, depart, derate, derats, desert, deters, drapes, drapet, easted, easter, eaters, erased, etapes, padres, pardee, parsed, parsee, parted, partes, pasted, paster, peares, pearst, pedate, peered, persea, pesade, peseta, pester, petard, petars, peters, petres, prated, prates, prease, presee, preset, rasped, reaped, reates, redate, reedes, repast, repeat, reseat, reseda, reseed, rested, restep, retape, saeter, seared, seated, seater, sedate, seeder, seeped, serape, spader, spared, spated, spread, spreed, stader, stared, staree, steard, steare, sterad, strade, streep, tapers, teades, teared, teased, teaser, teered, tepees, trades, traped, trapes, treads
5 Letter Words for Desperate
adeep, adeps, adept, adret, aedes, apers, apert, apres, apted, apter, arede, arest, arete, arets, arsed, artsd, asper, aster, astre, atees, dares, darst, darts, dater, dates, deare, dears, deeps, deere, deets, depas, derat, deres, detar, deter, drape, draps, drate, drats, dreep, drees, drest, eards, eared, earst, eased, easer, eater, epees, erade, erase, erept, esere, ester, estre, etape, padre, parde, pards, pared, pares, parse, parte, parts, paste, pated, patee, pates, peare, pears, peart, peats, pedee, pedes, peers, peert, perea, peres, perse, perst, perts, peste, petar, petas, peter, petre, prads, prase, prate, prats, preed, prees, presa, preta, raped, rapes, rated, rates, reads, reaps, reast, reate, redes, reede, reeds, reese, reest, repad, repas, resat, resee, reset, retes, sared, sated, seare, seder, sepad, septa, sered, serta, setae, spade, spaed, spaer, spard, spare, spart, spate, spear, speat, speed, speer, spete, sprad, sprat, spred, spree, spret, stade, stare, stead, stear, stede, steed, steep, steer, stere, strad, strae, strap, strep, taped, taper, tapes, tarde, tared, tares, tarps, tarse, taser, teade, teads, teaed, tears, tease, teers, tepas, tepee, terap, teras, terse, trade, trads, trape, traps, tread, treas, treed, trees, tsade, tsere
4 Letter Words for Desperate
adet, adps, aped, aper, apes, apse, apts, ards, ared, ares, aret, arte, arts, astr, ated, ates, daer, daes, daps, dare, dart, dase, dast, date, dear, deas, deep, deer, dees, deet, depa, depe, depr, dept, dere, drap, drat, dree, eard, ears, ease, east, eats, edea, epee, eras, erat, ered, eres, erse, erst, etas, pads, pard, pare, pars, part, pase, past, patd, pate, pats, pear, peas, peat, peda, peds, peed, peer, pees, pere, pers, pert, pesa, pest, peta, pete, pets, prad, prat, pred, pree, pres, pret, ptsd, rade, rads, rape, raps, rapt, rasp, rast, rate, rats, read, reap, rede, reds, reed, rees, reet, reps, rept, resp, rest, retd, rete, rets, sade, sadr, sard, sare, sart, satd, sate, sear, seat, seed, seep, seer, sepd, sept, sere, sert, seta, spad, spae, spar, spat, sped, spet, stad, stap, star, sted, step, ster, stra, stre, tade, tads, taed, tape, taps, tare, tarp, tars, tead, teap, tear, teas, teds, teed, teer, tees, tepa, tepe, tera, terp, trad, trap, tree, tres
3 Letter Words for Desperate
ade, adp, ads, aer, aes, ape, apr, apt, ard, are, ars, art, ase, asp, ast, ate, atp, dae, dap, dar, das, dat, dea, dee, dep, der, des, det, dpt, dsp, dsr, ead, ear, eas, eat, edp, eds, eer, epa, era, erd, ere, ers, ert, esd, ese, esp, esr, est, eta, pad, par, pas, pat, pea, ped, pee, per, pes, pet, pre, prs, pst, pta, pte, pts, rad, rap, ras, rat, rea, red, ree, rep, res, rps, rpt, rte, sad, sap, sar, sat, sea, sed, see, sep, ser, set, spa, spt, sta, std, str, tad, tap, tar, tas, tdr, tea, ted, tee, ter, tes, tpd, tps, tra, trp, trs, tsp
Definitions for Desperate
[1] reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
[2] having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desperate for attention; desperate to find a job.
[3] leaving little or no hope; very serious or dangerous: a desperate illness.
[4] extremely bad; intolerable or shocking: clothes in desperate taste.
[5] extreme or excessive.
[6] making a final, ultimate effort; giving all: a desperate attempt to save a life.
[7] actuated by a feeling of hopelessness.
[8] having no hope; giving in to despair.
[9] Obsolete . a desperado.
[10] careless of danger, as from despair; utterly reckless
[11] (of an act) reckless; risky
[12] used or undertaken in desperation or as a last resort desperate measures
[13] critical; very grave in desperate need
[14] (often postpositive and foll by for ) in distress and having a great need or desire
[15] moved by or showing despair or hopelessness; despairing
Words related to Desperate
daring, dangerous, bold, violent, determined, frantic, furious, frenzied, great, urgent, terrible, fierce, critical, dire, forlorn, vain, futile, despondent, sad, madcap
Words nearby Desperate
despairing, despatch, despeciation, despenser, desperado, desperate, desperation, despicable, despise, despite, despiteful
Origin of Desperate
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin dēspērātus, past participle of dēspērāre to despair; see -ate1
Words that may be confused with Desperate
desperate, disparate
Other words from Desperate
des·per·ate·ly , adverb
des·per·ate·ness , noun
qua·si-des·per·ate , adjective
qua·si-des·per·ate·ly , adverb
Word origin for Desperate
C15: from Latin dēspērāre to have no hope; see despair
Synonyms for Desperate
bold, dangerous, daring, determined, frantic, frenzied, furious, violent, madcap, precipitate, rash, wild, atrocious, audacious, careless, death-defying, devil-may-care, foolhardy, hasty, hazardous, headlong, headstrong, heinous, impetuous, incautious, monstrous, risky, scandalous, shocking, venturesome
