Definition of desperate in English

Desperate means:

• Feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with.
• Having a great need or desire for something.

Desperate in Swahili

Desperate in Swahili is translated as: kukata tamaa, bila tumaini, tayari kufanya lolote, siofuata sheria, baya sana, mwisho kabisa, kuwa na mahitaji makubwa ya kitu.

Examples of desperate in Swahili in sentences

• Kushindwa kwake kulimfanya akate tamaa. (His failure made him desperate.)
• Nilikuwa sina pesa iliyobaki na nilikata tamaa. (I had no money left and was desperate.)
• Alikuwa katika hali mbaya sana alipopoteza pesa zake zote. (He was desperate when he lost all his money.)
• Wafungwa walizidi kukata tamaa. (The prisoners grew more desperate.)
• Wanahitaji sana chakula na makazi. (They are in desperate need of food and shelter.)
• Kampuni hiyo ina shida kubwa ya kifedha. (The company is in desperate trouble financially.)
• Nilikuwa ninaanza kukata tamaa. (I was starting to get desperate.)
• Wafungwa walizidi kukata tamaa zaidi na zaidi. (The prisoners grew increasingly desperate.)
• Kulikuwa na sauti za mapambano ya kukata tamaa. (There were the sounds of a desperate struggle.)
• Alikuwa na shauku kubwa ya kurudi. (She had a desperate longing to go back.)
• Tasnia ya mitindo huwa inatafuta sana kubuni vitu vipya. (The fashion industry is always desperate to innovate.)
• Nilisikia sauti za mapambano ya kukata tamaa, juu tu ya chumba changu. (I heard sounds of a desperate struggle, just above my room.)
• Maduka yanazidi kukata tamaa baada ya miaka miwili ya mauzo mabaya. (Stores are getting desperate after two years of poor sales.)
• Siyo hekima kufanya mambo ya kukata tamaa. (It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.)
• Watu wako tayari kusafiri umbali mrefu ikiwa wanakata sana kazi. (People are prepared to commute long distances if they are desperate for work.)
• Kila siku iliyopita alizidi kukata tamaa zaidi na zaidi. (Each day that passed he grew more and more desperate.)
• Ilikuwa ni jambo lisilojali kwake Felix kuzungumza sana kuhusu watu wanene wakati anajua Mose anatafuta sana kupunguza uzito. (It was a bit insensitive of Felix to go on so much about fat people when she knows Mose is desperate to lose weight.)