"desperately" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

desperately adverbio

verbo + desperately
Kolokacji: 71
desperately need • try desperately • desperately want • desperately seek • desperately search • say desperately • fight desperately • ...
desperately + adjetivo
Kolokacji: 24
desperately poor • desperately short • desperately ill • desperately unhappy • desperately afraid • ...
(1) poor, short
Kolokacji: 2
(2) ill, sick
Kolokacji: 2
(3) unhappy, lonely, sad, sorry
Kolokacji: 4
1. desperately unhappy = rozpaczliwie nieszczęśliwy desperately unhappy
  • She sounds desperately unhappy, poor thing, and perhaps she should talk to a psychiatrist.
  • I suspect many of them will be desperately unhappy trying to adjust to the changes.
  • Truman's face was desperately unhappy, but there was absolutely nothing she could do to help here.
  • He spent a year there and although desperately unhappy the first few months, eventually quite enjoyed his time in Utrecht.
  • A man who grew up spoiled but also stifled and desperately unhappy.
  • During most of my life with your grandfather I was desperately unhappy.
  • I stood there with Anthea, and she seemed to be desperately unhappy over the loss of the greenhouse.
  • Many, too, live desperately unhappy lives and want help to achieve a better quality of existence.
  • He didn't need to act to look forlorn and desperately unhappy.
  • And, above all else, here were people who were desperately unhappy.
2. desperately lonely = rozpaczliwie samotny desperately lonely
3. desperately sad = beznadziejnie smutny desperately sad
4. desperately sorry = rozpaczliwie żałosny desperately sorry
(4) afraid, worried
Kolokacji: 2
(5) anxious, eager, keen, tired
Kolokacji: 4
(6) hungry, thirsty, homesick
Kolokacji: 3
(7) important, urgent
Kolokacji: 2
(8) wrong, hard, wicked
Kolokacji: 3
(9) needy, impoverished
Kolokacji: 2

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