different between catastrophic vs desperate
catastrophic
English
Etymology
From catastrophe +? -ic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kæt??st??f?k/
- Rhymes: -?f?k
Adjective
catastrophic (comparative more catastrophic, superlative most catastrophic)
- Of or pertaining to a catastrophe.
- Disastrous; ruinous.
- 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
- The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8 is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something.
- 2009: Stuart Heritage, Hecklerspray, Friday the 22nd of May in 2009 at 1 o’clock p.m., “Jon & Kate Latest: People You Don’t Know Do Crap You Don’t Care About”
Synonyms
- catastrophal
Antonyms
- anastrophic
Derived terms
Translations
catastrophic From the web:
- what catastrophic means
- what catastrophic health insurance
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desperate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?sp?r?tus, past participle of d?sp?r? (“to be without hope”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d?sp(?)??t/
Adjective
desperate (comparative more desperate, superlative most desperate)
- In dire need of something.
- I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food.
- Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.
- Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.
- Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.
- Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.
- Extremely intense.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Noun
desperate (plural desperates)
- A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.
Derived terms
- desperation
Related terms
- despair
- desperado
Translations
Anagrams
- departees
Danish
Adjective
desperate
- plural and definite singular attributive of desperat
Latin
Verb
d?sp?r?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of d?sp?r?
References
- desperate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- desperate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
desperate
- definite singular of desperat
- plural of desperat
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
desperate
- definite singular of desperat
- plural of desperat
desperate From the web:
- what desperate mean
- what desperate housewife are you
- what desperate attempts
- what desperate means in tagalog
- what does desperate mean
- what do desperate mean
- why so desperate meaning
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