Vocabulary
Desperately
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
in a way that shows despair.
Urdu meaning
نڈر،بے خوفی کے ساتھ
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- For long, the political system has desperately needed a popular, bold and transformative leadership.
- For us, it`s again a set-up desperately seeking global patrons to overcomeits low domestic legitimacy and survive.
- He reported how Israeli soldiers killed people waiting desperately for food.
- Tech is seen as the fount of wisdom whereas AI desperately needs wisdom.
- It all boils down to our own conscience; and what we make of getting work done by fresh graduates desperately seeking any opportunity that comes their way.
Synonyms
in desperation, in despair, despairingly, in anguish, in distress, miserably, wretchedly
Curator example
“he looked around desperately”
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Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
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