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.
(ËbÉÉ¡É) n. 1. a person who begs, esp one who lives by begging. 2. a person who has no money or resources; pauper. 3. ironic jocular chiefly Brit fellow: lucky beggar!. vb (tr) 4. to be beyond the resources of (esp in the phrase to beggar description) 5. to impoverish; reduce to begging.