| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. So serious as to be at the point of crisis or necessary to resolve a crisis: acute, climacteric, critical, crucial, dire. See SAFETY. 2. Having lost all hope: despairing, despondent, forlorn, hopeless. See HOPE. 3. Extreme in degree, strength, or effect: fierce, furious, intense, terrible, vehement, violent. See BIG, STRONG.
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