Desperate
Desperate adjective - Feeling or showing no hope.
Very bad and desperate are semantically related. in dire topic. In some cases you can use "Very bad" instead an adjective "Desperate".
Nearby Words: desperately, desperation
Very bad
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- Having made some very powerful and very bad people very desperate, Booth and his team are targeted.
Source: Home Field Advantage -
At the climax of A Hat Full of Sky, Tiffany is desperate to find Granny Weatherwax - and learns that the Witch Trials are a very bad place to look for someone in black with a pointy hat.
Source: Needle in a Stack of Needles -
Changeling: The Lost features a Goblin Contract known as "Call the Hunt." Unless you're a Loyalist (or truly, truly desperate), use of this Contract is considered a very bad idea.
Source: Summon Bigger Fish
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