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hoarse : husky
hoist : raise, elevate, lift
hole : opening, cavity, hollow, pit
homely : plain, simple, unattractive, ugly
honesty : uprightness, justice
honor : fame, repute, reputation
hopeless : desperate adjective

1 willing to do anything and not caring about danger, because you are in a very bad situation: We had no food left at all and were getting desperate. | an appeal from the teenager's desperate parents

2 [not before noun] needing or wanting something very much

[+ for]: By then I was desperate for a holiday. | desperate to do sth: Ben was desperate to get a job. | in desperate need: We're in desperate need of help.

3 a desperate situation is very bad or serious: There was a desperate shortage of doctors.

4 a desperate action is something that you only do because you are in a very bad situation : desperate attempt/effort/measures: The victim had made a desperate attempt to escape.