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Desperate Pronunciation

Pronounce Desperate as D EH S P EH R AH T EH.

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    Desperate phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'desperate'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of desperate: /dɛspɛrætɛ/
    • Modern IPA representation of desperate: /dɛspɛrætɛ/

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    List of meaning for desperate

    a feeling of hopelessness in which someone is willing to try the impossible to solve a problem

    desperate(adj)

    a person who is frightened and in need of help

    "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"

    despairing, desperate(adj)

    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"

    desperate, do-or-die(a)(adj)

    desperately determined

    "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict"

    desperate(adj)

    (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair

    "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men"

    desperate, heroic(adj)

    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; "they took heroic measures to save his life"

    desperate(adj)

    showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire

    "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition"

    desperate, dire(adj)

    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; "a dire emergency"

    feeling or showing no hope

    desperate cancer patients who are vulnerable to the claims of unscrupulous quacks

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    desperate in sentence

    1. Suzan suggests that aggrandizement of one’s self-worth may be a desperate attempt to boost one’s low self-esteem.

    2. When speaking about the need for military strikes, the president stated the truism, “Desperate times call for desperate measures.”

    3. Even though Kim is reputed to be wealthy, she is actually desperate for money.

    4. With little money and nowhere to stay, the man was desperate for work and willing to do anything to make some money.

    5. In a desperate attempt to win the battle, the general ordered his troops to charge at the fortified enemy position with their inferior numbers.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term desperate

    It's showing how desperate Trump is right now, because he sees that he's probably going to lose Iowa.

    – Vander Plaats

    Desperate affairs require desperate remedies.

    – Horatio Nelson

    Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.

    – Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"

    We fail to see that some are mired in desperate and degrading poverty, with no way out, while others have not the faintest idea of what to do with their possessions, vainly showing off their supposed superiority and leaving behind them so much waste which, if it were the case everywhere, would destroy the planet.

    – Pope Francis

    We've had women in the past ask us, are they going to hell ? we've even had to arrange for priests to get in contact with the woman because she's that desperate about the position she's in and the fact she never thought she'd be here.

    – Donagh Stenson

    Why should we be in such desperate hast to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.

    – Henry David Thoreau

    It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

    – Henry David Thoreau

    Until the message is made abundantly clear that illegal economic migrants will not be processed, that boats will be turned back, thousands and thousands more sad and desperate lives will be lost in vain, all for your feelings of virtue, you’re not really helping people.

    – Nathan Gill

    A person in desperate need of help does not get the support of even one guy often, then wondering from where all these people come together in a big lot for a big cause.

    – Anuj Somany

    She is desperate that our daughter has been kept away from her mother and father now for four months.

    – Richard Ratcliffe

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