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.
Desperate diseases must have desperate cures. (English proverb) A woman that does not want to cook, takes all day to prepare the ingredients.. (Albanian proverb) The fruit of timidity is neither gain nor loss. (Arabic proverb) Cards play and gamblers brag. (Corsican proverb)