Desperate

Feeling very worried or helpless because things are really bad and seem impossible to fix.

Examples

• When the basketball game was tied and there were only a few seconds left, our team felt desperate to score a point.
• She was desperate to find her lost dog, so she called all her friends to help search the neighborhood.
• During the science fair, I felt desperate when my project fell apart just minutes before the judges arrived.

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