233 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ dˈɛspəɹətli], [ dˈɛspəɹətli], [ d_ˈɛ_s_p_ə_ɹ_ə_t_l_i]

Similar words for desperately:

• other relevant words (adjective)
• dangerously (adverb)
• frenziedly (adverb)
• hopelessly (adverb)
• other relevant words (adverb)
• all (adverb)
• dangerously (adverb)
• frantically (adverb)
• frightfully (adverb)
• hopelessly (adverb)
• severely (adverb)
• terribly (adverb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

How to use "desperately" in context?

Paraphrases for desperately

Homophones for desperately

Antonyms for desperately

Hypernyms for desperately

Synonyms for Desperately:

• adj.

  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • frenziedly,
  • turbulently,
  • more rapidly,
  • devotedly,
  • madly,
  • dementedly,
  • hysterically,
  • distractedly,
  • absurdly,
  • to distraction,
  • stormily,
  • like mad,
  • something fierce,
  • unreasonably,
  • senselessly,
  • nonsensically,
  • hurriedly,
  • ludicrously,
  • hastily,
  • deliriously,
  • speedily,
  • psychotically,
  • Rabidly.

• adv

  • dangerously (adverb)
  • severely,
  • gravely,
  • unsecurely,
  • unsafely,
  • hazardously,
  • daringly,
  • critically,
  • seriously,
  • harmfully,
  • alarmingly,
  • carelessly,
  • riskily.
  • frenziedly (adverb)
  • frantically.
  • hopelessly (adverb)
  • dismally,
  • incurably,
  • emptily,
  • dispiritedly,
  • wildly,
  • impossibly,
  • desolately,
  • unavailingly,
  • darkly,
  • disconsolately,
  • cynically.
  • Other relevant words: (adverb)
  • dangerously,
  • horribly,
  • franticly,
  • discouragingly,
  • frightfully,
  • amok,
  • hectically,
  • uncontrollably,
  • staggeringly,
  • Agitatedly,
  • hopelessly,
  • drastically,
  • disturbingly.

• adv.

  • all (adverb)
  • urgently,
  • desperately.
  • dangerously (adverb)
  • precariously,
  • perilously.
  • frantically (adverb)
  • helter skelter,
  • un-controllably,
  • helterskelter,
  • un controllably.
  • frightfully (adverb)
  • appallingly,
  • shockingly,
  • fearfully.
  • hopelessly (adverb)
  • dejectedly,
  • despairingly,
  • forlornly,
  • glumly,
  • gloomily,
  • melancholically,
  • fatally,
  • spiritlessly,
  • miserably,
  • morosely,
  • despondently,
  • downheartedly,
  • cheerlessly,
  • bleakly,
  • pessimistically.
  • severely (adverb)
  • dramatically.
  • terribly (adverb)
  • un believably,
  • un-happily,
  • notoriously,
  • un-believably,
  • un happily,
  • un-fortunately,
  • un fortunately,
  • highly.

• n.

  •
  • uneasy,
  • on edge,
  • alarmed,
  • tense,
  • anxious,
  • upset,
  • frightened,
  • worried,
  • nervous,
  • troubled.
  •
  • deeply,
  • a lot,
  • indeed,
  • well,
  • thoroughly,
  • very.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • fiercely.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • deucedly,
  • frightful,
  • slapdash,
  • terrible,
  • in haste,
  • passionately,
  • fanatically,
  • ferociously,
  • Roaringly,
  • enormously,
  • heavily,
  • heels over head,
  • epically,
  • extravagantly,
  • fearful,
  • archly,
  • terribly,
  • frenetically,
  • recklessly,
  • ghastly,
  • wretchedly,
  • impetuously,
  • head over heels,
  • sad,
  • overenthusiastically,
  • vastly,
  • helter-skelter,
  • great,
  • enthusiastically,
  • heroically,
  • specially,
  • thumping,
  • abominable,
  • confoundedly,
  • hotheadedly,
  • extremely,
  • horrible,
  • monstrous,
  • grievous,
  • holus-bolus,
  • tremendously,
  • blisteringly,
  • energetically,
  • slap-bang,
  • hard,
  • terrifically,
  • Headforemost,
  • intensely,
  • headfirst,
  • rush headlong,
  • demonically,
  • precipitately,
  • hugely,
  • grossly,
  • desperate,
  • shocking,
  • headlong,
  • surpassingly,
  • excessively,
  • monstrously,
  • ruddy,
  • devilishly,
  • feverishly,
  • formidable,
  • mightily,
  • sadly,
  • That,
  • violence,
  • grandly,
  • badly,
  • in a frenzy,
  • atrociously,
  • shameful,
  • way,
  • hotly,
  • mad,
  • precipitously,
  • exceedingly,
  • heedlessly,
  • overzealously,
  • heavy,
  • horrendously,
  • heartless,
  • hideous,
  • vehemently,
  • Egregiously,
  • greatly,
  • Slam-bang,
  • cruel,
  • fervently,
  • severe,
  • atrocious,
  • austere,
  • really,
  • colossally,
  • violently,
  • fabulously,
  • wantonly,
  • Outrance,
  • incredibly,
  • unkind,
  • sober,
  • overeagerly,
  • awfully,
  • hurry-scurry,
  • preposterously,
  • ever,
  • excitedly,
  • fervidly,
  • all-fired,
  • furiously,
  • serious,
  • like crazy,
  • outrageously,
  • Precipitantly,
  • happen what may,
  • majorly,
  • Direly,
  • bone,
  • ardently,
  • abjectly.

How to use "Desperately" in context?

Paraphrases for Desperately:

• Equivalence

  • Adverb
    sorely.

• Independent

  • Adverb
    absolutely, abundantly, actually, acutely, anxiously, appallingly, ardently, awfully, badly, bitterly, categorically, certainly, completely, critically, crucially, cruelly, deeply, definitely, deliriously, disappointingly, distressingly, dreadfully, eagerly, earnestly, eminently, emphatically, enormously, entirely, exactly, exceedingly, exceptionally, excessively, extraordinarily, extremely, fervently, frantically, frightfully, fundamentally, genuinely, gravely, greatly, grossly, hard, harshly, highly, horribly, hugely, immeasurably, immensely, incredibly, inevitably, insanely, intensely, keenly, madly, much, necessarily, painfully, passionately, perfectly, profoundly, quite, really, remarkably, sadly, seriously, severely, shockingly, sincerely, singularly, so, strictly, strongly, supremely, surely, terribly, totally, tremendously, truly, unbelievably, unconditionally, urgent, utterly, vastly, vehemently, very, vitally, wholeheartedly, wholly, wildly, woefully, horrendously, frustratingly, terrifyingly.

• Other Related

  • Adverb
    hopelessly, urgently.

Homophones for Desperately:

• dispiritedly.