Desperate
Desperate adjective - Feeling or showing no hope.
Necessary and desperate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Necessary" instead an adjective "Desperate".
Nearby Words: desperately, desperation
Necessary
Necessary adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Desperate and necessary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desperate" instead an adjective "Necessary".
Nearby Words: necessity, necessarily
Both words in one sentence
- They're mostly just desperate to save themselves by any means necessary, and another Stranger requires an injection of a serial killer's memories before he starts acting like a real villain.
Source: Creepy Child / Live-Action Films -
Anti-Villain: It's eventually realized that the Lomarians who stole the Genesis Device aren't Galactic Conquerors but desperate survivors trying very hard to avoid extinction by any means necessary.
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The Taxxons are more dangerous, but not maliciously so — they are cursed with a permanent all-consuming hunger that makes them desperate for food, and will even eat themselves if necessary.
Source: Non-Malicious Monster
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