Desperate
Desperate adjective - Feeling or showing no hope.
Wild is a synonym for desperate in frantic topic. In some cases you can use "Wild" instead an adjective "Desperate", when it comes to topics like reckless, last-ditch.
Nearby Words: desperately, desperation
Wild
Wild adjective - Living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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While Phoenix isn't a stranger to desperate floundering, the last time he was so desperate that he made wild claims, a kidnapped Maya's life was in danger.
Source: O.O.C. Is Serious Business - Anyone Can Die: It's an OCT full of wild, presumably desperate dogs in a tournament that has no rules.
Source: Web Original / Chernobyl Curs - The devil in the form of a wild huntsman offers the desperate peasants his help, in exchange for a yet unborn unchristened child.
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Wild and Desperate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/desperate/wild
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Wild or Desperate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/desperate/wild.
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