Desperate
Desperate adjective - Feeling or showing no hope.
Hapless and desperate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hapless" instead an adjective "Desperate".
Nearby Words: desperately, desperation
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- downcast and desperate
- downcast and hapless
- dejected and desperate
- dejected and hapless
- depressed and desperate
- depressed and hapless
- sad and desperate
- sad and hapless
- miserable and desperate
- miserable and hapless
- wretched and desperate
- wretched and hapless
- deplorable and desperate
- deplorable and hapless
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Hapless and Desperate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/desperate/hapless
Desperate & Hapless. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/desperate/hapless>.
Hapless or Desperate. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/desperate/hapless.
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