Scrabble Dictionary
Check words in Scrabble Dictionary and make sure it's an official scrabble word.
Yes
Valid in these dictionaries
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US / Canada / Thailand)
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / International)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Meaning of desperate
1 definition found
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
desperate
adj 1: 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" [syn:
{despairing}, {desperate}]
2: desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-
or-die conflict" [syn: {desperate}, {do-or-die(a)}]
3: (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency
or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of
desperate men"
4: 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" [syn: {desperate}, {heroic}]
5: showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of
great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a
desperate need for recognition"
6: 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" [syn: {desperate}, {dire}]
n 1: a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey
on the hopes of the desperate"
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
Use this Scrabble® dictionary checker tool to find out whether a word is acceptable in your scrabble dictionary. When you enter a word and click on Check Dictionary button, it simply tells you whether it's valid or not, and list out the dictionaries in case of valid word. Additionally, you can also read the meaning if you want to know more about a particular word.
Back to Scrabble Word Finder