dignitynoun [ U ] uk â /ËdÉªÉ¡.nÉ.ti/ us â /ËdÉªÉ¡.É.tÌ¬i/. C2 calm, serious, and controlled behaviour that makes people respect you: He is a man of dignity and calm determination. She has a quiet dignity about her.
The definition of desperate is something sad or hopeless, or a feeling of really wanting something or of trying really hard to make something happen. 1  An example of desperate is the feeling of sadness and like you have no prospects in life. 2  An example of desperate is the feeling when you really, really want a new car.
Definition of hopeless. 1  1a : having no expectation of good or success : despairing felt hopeless and aloneb : not susceptible to remedy or cure doctors say his condition is hopelessc : incapable of redemption or improvement She's a hopeless romantic. the most hopeless group of golfers you've ever seen.