Desperate

Hopeless

Synonyms: Despairing, anguished, in despair, miserable, desolate, disheartened, demoralized, downcast, defeatist, distraught, overcome, at one's wits' end, at the end of one's tether, hopeless, distressed, suicidal, wretched, forlorn, discouraged, devastated, resigned, pessimistic, fraught, out of one's mind, beside oneself, and dolorous.

Last-chance

Synonyms: Last-ditch, last-resort, last-gasp, all-out, final, frenzied, straining, hopeless, lost, last-chance, last-minute, eleventh-hour, do-or-die, frantic, wild, futile, and doomed.

Serious

Synonyms: Grave, dangerous, perilous, precarious, acute, very bad, appalling, terrible, dreadful, intolerable, lamentable, poor, irretrievable, chronic, urgent, compelling, crucial, drastic, great, serious, risky, hazardous, critical, dire, calamitous, awful, frightful, outrageous, deplorable, sorry, hopeless, lousy, parlous, pressing, crying, vital, extreme, and exigent.

Lawless

Synonyms: Violent, lawless, rash, impetuous, incautious, do-or-die, risky, dangerous, reckless, hasty, foolhardy, death-or-glory, and hazardous.

Craving

Synonyms: In great need of, craving, lacking, eager, longing, hungry, thirsting, crying out, dying, urgently requiring, in want of, wanting, aching, yearning, thirsty, itching, and desirous.

Example Sentences

He made a desperate attempt today.

Her desperate cries echoed loudly.

They felt desperate for help.

Desperate measures were finally taken.