Usually means: In urgent need; very eager.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History Colors (New!)
We found 22 dictionaries that define the word desperately:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. desperately: Merriam-Webster
  2. desperately: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. desperately: Collins English Dictionary
  4. desperately: Vocabulary.com
  5. Desperately, desperately: Wordnik
  6. desperately: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. desperately: Wiktionary
  8. Desperately, desperately: Dictionary.com
  9. desperately: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Desperately (Don Williams song), Desperately (George Strait song): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Desperately: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. desperately: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. desperately: Rhymezone
  14. desperately: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. desperately: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. desperately: FreeDictionary.org
  17. desperately: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. desperately: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. desperately: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. desperately: Legal dictionary

(Note: See desperate as well.)

Google, News, Images, Wikipedia, Reddit, BlueSky
Definitions from Wiktionary (
)
American English Definition British English Definition
▸ adverb:  In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly.
▸ adverb:  extremely

Similar:
urgently, recklessly, unsafely, riskily, frantically, temerously, dangerously, perilously, precariously, jeopardously, more...

Opposite:
calmly, nonchalantly, composedly, casually, indifferently

Types:
frantically, urgently, pressingly, more...

Phrases:
Desperately Seeking Susan, want desperately, desperately searching, desperately trying, said desperately, more...

Colors:
    charcoal,     crimson,     midnight blue,     deep red,     stormy gray, more...



▸ Words similar to desperately

▸ Usage examples for desperately

▸ Idioms related to desperately

▸ Wikipedia articles (New!)

▸ Words that often appear near desperately

▸ Rhymes of desperately

▸ Invented words related to desperately

Similar:
urgently, recklessly, unsafely, riskily, frantically, temerously, dangerously, perilously, precariously, jeopardously, more...

Opposite:
calmly, nonchalantly, composedly, casually, indifferently

Types:
frantically, urgently, pressingly, more...

Phrases:
Desperately Seeking Susan, want desperately, desperately searching, desperately trying, said desperately, searching desperately, desperately needed, ask desperately, say desperately, desperately desire, more...

Colors:
    charcoal,     crimson,     midnight blue,     deep red,     stormy gray, more...



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.


(Click a button above to see words related to "desperately" that fit the given meter.)



Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux