seem desperate
Frequency: 7.595.1 per million words
To give the impression of being desperate.
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- Calling someone five times in a row might make you seem desperate.
- He didn't want to seem desperate, so he waited a full day before texting back.
- The company's constant sales promotions made them seem desperate for customers.
- Although she was very interested, she tried not to seem desperate during the interview.
- Don't accept the first low offer; you don't want to seem desperate.
- His frantic search for a new job was starting to make him seem desperate to his friends.
- If you constantly seek their approval, you will inevitably seem desperate.
- She laughed it off, hoping she didn't seem desperate for a second chance.
- The losing team's last-minute tactics made them seem desperate to score.
- In his letters, he was careful that his words wouldn't make him seem desperate for her affection.