[
  {
    "word": "desperate",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8d\u025bsp(\u0259)\u0279\u0259t/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8d\u025bsp(\u0259)\u0279\u0259t/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/desperate-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1749797",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "In dire need of something.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a desperate effort"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a desperate disease;\u00a0 desperate fortune"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Extremely intense.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/desperate"
    ]
  }
]