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Showing words for DESPERATELY using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Desperately

desperately

10 Letter Words for Desperately

repeatedly

9 Letter Words for Desperately

departees, deplaster, desperate, parsleyed, pearleyed, pearleyes, pederasty, plastered, preleased, steelyard

8 Letter Words for Desperately

deerlets, delaters, delayers, deletery, departee, depaysee, depletes, desalter, easterly, eelspear, ereptase, estrayed, estreped, paltered, parleyed, pearleye, pedalers, pedately, pederast, pedestal, peltered, pestered, petrales, peytrals, peytrels, plastery, pleaders, pleaters, predates, predelay, prelates, prelease, presteel, psaltery, pterylae, rapeseed, relapsed, released, repasted, repealed, repeated, replated, replates, replayed, repleads, repleted, repletes, resealed, reseated, reslated, restyled, sedately, sleepery, spartled, speareye, steepled, streeled, teaseled, teaseler, trapesed, treadles

7 Letter Words for Desperately

adepter, adeptly, alerted, altered, apersee, apertly, asperly, asprete, atrepsy, dartles, dealers, dearest, deepest, deerlet, delapse, delater, delates, delayer, deleter, deletes, departs, depayse, depeter, deplete, deprest, derates, deseret, despert, drapets, dyaster, dyester, easeled, elapsed, elaters, elatery, estadel, estrade, estrepe, eyalets, eyelast, eyelets, laertes, latrede, layered, leaders, leapers, lepered, leptera, lestrad, lyrated, padeyes, padtree, palster, palters, parleys, parsley, partley, pastler, pearled, pearlet, peartly, peatery, pedaler, pedlary, pedlers, pedlery, peelers, peletre, pelters, pelytes, persalt, pestled, petaled, petards, petered, petrale, petrels, peytral, peytrel, plaster, platers, platery, players, pleader, pleased, pleaser, pleated, pleater, preased, predate, prelate, prelaty, presale, preseal, presley, prested, prestly, psalter, psaltry, ptereal, pteryla, rastled, raylets, readept, realest, reasted, redates, redeals, redealt, redelay, redeyes, reested, reestle, relapse, related, relates, relayed, release, repaste, repayed, repeals, repeats, replate, replays, replead, repleat, replete, reslate, respade, resteal, resteel, resteep, restyle, retaped, retapes, retyped, retypes, saltery, sealery, sedater, seedlet, seletar, sepaled, separte, sleeper, sleepry, sleeted, spalder, spalted, sparely, spartle, speared, speeder, speedly, speeled, speeler, speered, spelder, spelter, sperate, splayed, splayer, sprayed, spready, stalder, stapled, stapler, stealed, stealer, steared, stearyl, steeled, steeler, steeped, steeper, steeple, steeply, steered, strayed, tapered, taperly, tasered, tealery, teasler, tersely, treadle, yapster, yeasted, yelpers

6 Letter Words for Desperately

adepts, adeste, alders, alerse, alerts, aleyed, aleyes, alters, alytes, apelet, aredes, aretes, artels, asleep, asteep, asteer, astely, ateles, atrede, atresy, dalets, dartle, daters, dealer, deares, dearly, deeper, deeply, delate, delays, delete, deltas, depart, derate, derats, derays, desalt, desert, desray, destry, deters, detray, drapes, drapet, drapey, dreepy, earlet, easted, easter, eaters, eatery, eelery, elapse, elated, elater, elates, elders, eldest, elpees, elytra, erased, estral, estray, etapes, eyalet, eyelet, laders, lapsed, lapser, larees, lasted, laster, layers, leader, leaped, leaper, leared, leares, leased, leaser, leears, leeped, leered, leeser, lepers, lepras, lested, lester, lyrate, lysate, padeye, padles, padres, palest, palets, palter, paltry, pardee, parled, parles, parley, parsed, parsee, parted, partes, partly, pasted, pastel, paster, pastry, payees, payers, pealed, pealer, peares, pearls, pearly, pearst, pedals, pedary, pedate, pedler, peeled, peeler, peered, peerly, pelade, peltae, peltas, pelted, pelter, peltry, pelyte, persea, pertly, pesade, peseta, pester, pestle, petals, petaly, petard, petars, petary, peters, petrel, petres, peysed, plaste, plated, plater, plates, platys, played, player, playte, pleads, pleaed, please, pleats, plyers, prated, prates, pratey, prayed, prease, preday, presay, presee, preset, preyed, prlate, prysed, rapely, rapeye, raptly, rasped, rastle, ratels, rayled, rayles, raylet, realty, reaped, reasty, reates, redate, redeal, redely, redeye, redyes, reedes, reeled, reesle, reesty, reetle, relade, relast, relate, relays, relead, releap, relets, repale, repast, repays, repeal, repeat, repels, replay, resale, resalt, reseal, reseat, reseda, reseed, reslay, rested, restep, retape, retled, retype, saeter, salted, saltee, salter, sapele, sardel, sealed, sealer, sealet, seared, seated, seater, sedate, seeder, seeled, seeped, selety, septal, serape, slated, slater, slatey, slayed, slayer, sleepy, sleety, sleyed, sleyer, spader, spared, spated, spayed, speary, speedy, spleet, spread, spreed, spyred, stader, stadle, staled, staler, staple, stared, staree, stayed, stayer, stayre, steady, steale, stealy, steard, steare, steedy, steeld, steele, steely, steepy, steery, stelar, sterad, steyer, strade, stradl, streel, streep, strype, stylar, styled, styler, styred, talers, tapers, tapery, tardle, tarsel, teades, teared, teased, teasel, teaser, teasle, teedle, teered, telary, tepals, tepary, tepees, trades, traped, trapes, treads, tylers, yarest, yeards, yeared, yelped, yelper, yester, yplast

5 Letter Words for Desperately

adeep, adeps, adept, adlet, adret, aedes, alder, alert, aleye, alter, apers, apert, apery, apres, apted, apter, aptly, arede, areel, arest, arete, arets, arled, arles, arsed, arsle, arsyl, artel, artly, artsd, artsy, aryls, asper, astel, aster, astre, asyle, atees, ately, atlee, ayelp, aylet, ayres, daler, dales, dalet, dalts, dares, darst, darts, dater, dates, deals, dealt, deare, dears, deary, deeps, deere, deets, delay, deles, delta, delts, depas, depel, derat, deray, deres, desyl, detar, deter, drape, draps, drate, drats, drays, dreep, drees, drest, dreys, dryas, dyers, eales, eards, eared, earls, early, earst, eased, easel, easer, easle, eater, eeler, elaps, elate, elder, elpee, epees, erade, erase, erept, esere, ester, estre, etape, eyers, eyras, eyres, lader, lades, lapse, lards, lardy, laree, lares, lased, laser, lasty, lated, later, layed, layer, leads, leady, leaps, leapt, leare, lears, leary, lease, least, leats, leear, leeds, leeps, leers, leery, leese, leets, lepas, leper, lepra, lepre, lepry, lepta, lered, leres, lerps, lesed, leste, lesya, leyte, lyard, lyart, lyase, lyres, lysed, lyted, lytes, padle, padre, paled, paler, pales, palet, palsy, parde, pards, pardy, pared, parel, pares, parle, parly, parse, parte, parts, party, paste, pasty, pated, patee, patel, pates, patly, patsy, payed, payee, payer, paysd, peals, peare, pearl, pears, peart, peasy, peats, peaty, pedal, pedee, pedes, peele, peels, peers, peert, peery, pelas, peles, pelta, pelts, perdy, perea, peres, perle, perse, perst, perts, perty, peste, pesty, petal, petar, petas, peter, petre, peyse, plast, plate, plats, platy, plays, plead, pleas, pleat, plyer, prads, prase, prate, prats, praty, prays, preed, prees, prela, presa, preta, preys, pryse, ptyas, pyats, pyets, pylar, pyral, pyres, radly, rales, raped, rapes, raspy, rasty, rated, ratel, rates, rayed, rayle, readl, reads, ready, reals, reaps, reast, reasy, reate, redes, redly, redye, reede, reeds, reedy, reels, reese, reest, relap, relay, reles, relet, repad, repas, repay, repel, repla, reply, resat, resay, resee, reset, resty, retal, retes, ryals, sadly, salep, salet, salty, saple, sared, sated, satyr, sayed, sayee, sayer, sealy, seare, seary, seder, seedy, seeld, seely, seepy, selar, sepad, sepal, septa, seral, sered, serta, setae, setal, slade, slape, slare, slart, slate, slaty, sleep, sleer, sleet, slept, slete, slype, spade, spaed, spaer, spald, spale, spalt, spard, spare, spart, spary, spate, spayd, speal, spear, speat, speed, speel, speer, speld, spete, splad, splat, splay, splet, sprad, sprat, spray, spred, spree, spret, spyal, spyer, stade, stale, stare, stary, stead, steal, stear, stede, steed, steel, steep, steer, stela, stele, stere, strad, strae, strap, stray, strep, strey, style, styre, syped, taled, taler, tales, taped, taper, tapes, tarde, tardy, tared, tares, tarps, tarse, taser, tayer, teade, teads, teaed, teaey, teals, tears, teary, tease, teasy, teels, teers, telar, teles, tepal, tepas, tepee, terap, teras, terse, tesla, trade, trads, trady, trape, traps, trasy, trays, tread, treas, treed, trees, treey, treys, trypa, tryps, tsade, tsere, tyees, tyers, tyler, typal, typed, typer, types, yales, yards, yates, yeads, yeard, years, yeast, yeats, yedes, yeeds, yelps, yelts, yerds, ypres, yrapt

4 Letter Words for Desperately

adet, adps, adry, alee, alep, ales, alps, alts, aped, aper, apes, apse, apts, ards, ared, ares, aret, arle, arte, arts, arty, aryl, aspy, astr, ated, ates, atle, atry, ayes, ayre, daer, daes, dale, dals, dalt, daps, dare, dart, dase, dast, date, days, deal, dear, deas, deep, deer, dees, deet, dele, dels, delt, dely, depa, depe, depr, dept, dere, deys, drap, drat, dray, dree, drey, drys, dyas, dyer, dyes, eale, eard, earl, ears, ease, east, easy, eats, edea, eels, eely, elds, else, elts, epee, eral, eras, erat, ered, eres, erse, erst, espy, etas, eyas, eyed, eyer, eyes, eyra, eyre, lade, lads, lady, laer, laet, laps, lard, lare, lars, lase, last, late, lats, lays, lead, leap, lear, leas, leat, leda, lede, leds, leed, leep, leer, lees, leet, lepa, leps, lere, lerp, lese, lest, lete, lets, leys, lyes, lyra, lyre, lyse, lyte, pads, pale, pals, palt, paly, pard, pare, parl, pars, part, pase, past, patd, pate, pats, paty, paye, pays, payt, peal, pear, peas, peat, peda, peds, peed, peel, peer, pees, pela, pele, pelt, pere, pers, pert, pesa, pest, peta, pete, pets, plat, play, plea, prad, prat, pray, pred, pree, pres, pret, prey, prys, ptsd, pyal, pyas, pyat, pyes, pyet, pyla, pyre, rade, rads, rale, rals, rape, raps, rapt, rasp, rast, rate, rats, rays, read, real, reap, rede, reds, reed, reel, rees, reet, rely, repl, reps, rept, resp, rest, retd, rete, rets, ryal, ryas, ryes, rype, sade, sadr, sale, salp, salt, sard, sare, sart, satd, sate, seal, sear, seat, seed, seel, seep, seer, seld, sele, selt, sepd, sept, sere, sert, seta, slad, slap, slat, slay, sled, slee, sley, spad, spae, spar, spat, spay, sped, spet, spry, stad, stap, star, stay, sted, step, ster, stey, stra, stre, syed, sype, syre, syrt, tade, tads, taed, tael, tald, tale, tape, taps, tare, tarp, tars, tays, tead, teal, teap, tear, teas, teds, tedy, teed, teel, teer, tees, tela, teld, tele, tels, tepa, tepe, tera, terp, trad, trap, tray, tree, tres, trey, trye, tryp, tyde, tyed, tyee, tyer, tyes, type, yade, yald, yale, yaps, yard, yare, yarl, yate, yead, year, yeas, yeat, yede, yeed, yeel, yees, yeld, yelp, yelt, yeps, yerd, yere, yese, yest, yeta

3 Letter Words for Desperately

ade, adp, ads, ady, aer, aes, ald, ale, alp, als, alt, aly, ape, apl, apr, apt, ard, are, ars, art, ary, ase, asl, asp, ast, ate, atp, aye, ayr, ays, dae, dal, dap, dar, das, dat, day, dea, dee, del, dep, der, des, det, dey, dle, dlr, dpt, dry, dsp, dsr, dye, dys, ead, ear, eas, eat, edp, eds, eel, eer, ela, eld, els, elt, epa, era, erd, ere, ers, ert, esd, ese, esp, esr, est, eta, ety, eye, eyl, eyr, lad, lap, lar, las, lat, lay, lea, led, lee, lep, ler, les, let, ley, lsd, lst, ltd, ltr, lye, lys, pad, pal, par, pas, pat, pay, pdl, pea, ped, pee, pel, per, pes, pet, ply, pre, prs, pry, pst, pta, pte, pts, pty, pya, pye, pyr, rad, rap, ras, rat, ray, rea, red, ree, rel, rep, res, rld, rle, rly, rps, rpt, rte, rya, rye, sad, sal, sap, sar, sat, say, sea, sed, see, sel, sep, ser, set, sey, sla, sld, sle, slt, sly, spa, spl, spt, spy, sta, std, str, sty, sye, syl, syr, tad, tal, tap, tar, tas, tay, tdr, tea, ted, tee, tel, ter, tes, tlr, tpd, tps, tra, trp, trs, try, tsp, tye, typ, tyr, yad, yap, yar, yas, yat, yds, yea, yed, yee, yep, yer, yes, yet, yrs

Definitions for Desperately

[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 Desperately

desperatebadly, seriously, fiercely, greatly, dangerously, perilously, fearfully, shockingly, carelessly, dramatically, gravely, hysterically, appallingly

Words nearby Desperately

desperatedespairing, despatch, despeciation, despenser, desperado, desperate, desperation, despicable, despise, despite, despiteful

Origin of Desperately

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin dēspērātus, past participle of dēspērāre to despair; see -ate1

Words that may be confused with Desperately

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, desperatedesperate, disparate

Other words from Desperately

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 Desperately

C15: from Latin dēspērāre to have no hope; see despair

Synonyms for Desperately

badly, dangerously, fiercely, greatly, perilously, seriously, carelessly, dramatically, gravely, harmfully, hysterically, like crazy, like mad