Desperate and Utter

Desperate

Desperate adjective - Feeling or showing no hope.

Utter and desperate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Utter" instead an adjective "Desperate".

Nearby Words: desperately, desperation

Utter

Utter adjective - Having no exceptions or restrictions.

Desperate and utter are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Desperate" instead an adjective "Utter".

Nearby Words: utterly, utterance, uttered, uttering

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • World of Snark Jim Hacker, said minister, was often out-smarted by Sir Humphrey and managed to utter just a desperate snarky one-liner.
  • Wrestling / Layla Her desperate pleas for mercy whilst being crushed by Beth Phoenix/Natalya and her utter devotion to Michelle McCool got her over with the fans.
  • Fanfic / With This Ring Mood Whiplash: Paul having a fun time at dinner with Artemis and Paula is interspersed with the utter disaster that was the scenario with his friends dying and OL becoming more desperate.
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