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Synonyms for desperate

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective · Reason line included

The senseadjectiveTier 3, Ridgeline

fraught with extreme danger

On all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

dire

Same sentence, swapped: On all fronts the Allies were in a dire situation due to lack of materiel.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for desperate as it is used in the sentence above.

heroic
despairing
violent

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