despair
The root word for "desperate" is "desperare" in Latin, which means "to be without hope".
"Had" is a verb. It is the past tense of the verb "have."
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The verb 'be' can function as both a linking verb and a helping verb. As a linking verb, it connects the subject with a subject complement that describes or renames it. As a helping verb, 'be' is used in progressive tenses and passive voice constructions to indicate the tense of the main verb.
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The word 'desperate' is not a verb.The word 'desperate' is an adjective, a word used to describe a noun (a desperate struggle, a desperatesituation, etc.)The related verb is to despair. The past tense is despaired.
No, the word 'desperate' is an adjective; a word that describes a noun.The noun forms for the adjective desperate are desperateness and desperation.Nouns (and pronouns) function as the subject of a sentence or clause or the object of a verb (direct or indirect) and the object of a preposition.
Desperate times call for desperate measures.
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He was so desperate for attention that he screamed from the rooftops.It was a very desperate situation for everyone involved.We are desperate for financial support.There are millions of people who are desperate for food and water.
it means that when something is terribly wrong or desperate, you are allowed to do things you wouldn't normally do. eg. ww1: Germans were desperate (wanted to win), so invented gas bombs (desperate measures) brits were desperate (wanted to avoid gas bombs), so invented gas masks (desperate measures)! or if you're pregnant (desperate not to be), the desperate measure could be to have an abortion. etc.
Maybe he said it, but originally it is an English proverb: "Desperate times call for desperate measures."
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The rebels are getting desperate now.I am desperate for a jolly cup of hot Earl Grey tea.She was so desperate for the toilet that she barged through the queue.
whats the origin of desperate?
Lala Loopsy was desperate to get the money.