• adj.
    ⦿showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
    lexical concept
  • a desperate need for recognition
  • felt a desperate urge to confess

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Lexical context

wn:part of speechadjective satellite
ontolex:lexicalized senseenl:desperate
wn:interlingual indexili:i3957

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skos:is in schemeOpen English WordNet
rdfs:labeldesperate