desperately in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for desperately in the English»Italian Dictionary

desperately [Brit ˈdɛsp(ə)rətli, Am ˈdɛsp(ə)rətli] ADV

1. desperately:

desperately plead, struggle, fight

disperatamente

desperately look

con aria disperata, disperatamente

desperately love

perdutamente

to need, want sth desperately

avere un bisogno disperato di qc, volere qc con tutte le proprie forze

2. desperately (as intensifier):

desperately poor, hungry, anxious

estremamente, tremendamente

desperately ill

gravemente

desperately in love

perdutamente innamorato

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he scrabbled desperately for a hold

cercava disperatamente un appiglio

Translations for desperately in the Italian»English Dictionary

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disperatamente guardare, parlare, piangere

desperately

disperatamente tentare, cercare, lottare

desperately

avere disperatamente bisogno di qc

to need sth desperately

accoratamente

desperately

perdutamente, follemente innamorato

desperately, madly in love

cercava disperatamente un appiglio

he scrabbled desperately for a hold

ho (assolutamente) bisogno di questo libro!

I (desperately) need this book!

desperately in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for desperately in the Italian»English Dictionary

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perdutamente

desperately

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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An EOC, along with appropriate anti-discrimination legislation, is desperately needed across the board to strengthen the social justice agenda.

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During the next few days, that fear, that thought, inveigled its way into my desperately tired brain, over and over again.

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He desperately tries to clean up the mess, only to drench papers and binders in chili while spreading the food all over the carpet.

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Soon, however, she no longer enjoyed her serial work and desperately wanted to branch out into meatier roles.

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For nearly a year, he desperately struggled with his voice and developed sociophobia and stage fright.

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As well as being an undischarged bankrupt and a semi-alcoholic, he is desperately short of money and is hounded by creditors the income-tax people as well as his unpaid cast.

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She also wants to save the field desperately and earnestly.

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The grand spectacle pictures were very popular during the war years, when people desperately wanted escapist entertainment.

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He is one of those rare role models which the profession desperately needs.

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In addition to camps for training soldiers, factories were needed desperately to produce ammunition to help the war effort.

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