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Desperate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Desperate? [n] a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate" [adj] showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life" [adj] fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency" [adj] showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition" [adj] arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams" [adj] desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict" [adj] (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Desperate: brave \| courageous \| critical \| dangerous \| despairing \| dire \| do-or-die(a) \| fearless \| heroic \| hopeless \| imperative \| resolute \| unsafe Related Terms \| Find terms related to Desperate: accident-prone \| aching for \| acute \| affording no hope \| amok \| apathetic \| atrocious \| bacchic \| baffled \| balked \| berserk \| bleak \| breakneck \| careless \| cheerless \| climacteric \| comfortless \| compelling \| concentrated \| corybantic \| craving \| critical \| crucial \| crying \| dangerous \| desirous of \| despairing \| despondent \| desponding \| devil-may-care \| Dionysiac \| dire \| disconsolate \| dismal \| exquisite \| fierce \| foiled \| foolhardy \| forlorn \| frantic \| frenetic \| frenzied \| frustrated \| furious \| grave \| great \| grim \| hard pressed \| hard up \| harum-scarum \| hasty \| hazardous \| headlong \| heinous \| hopeless \| hotheaded \| hurried \| impetuous \| in despair \| in desperate straits \| in extremis \| in extremities \| like one possessed \| mad \| madding \| maenadic \| maniac \| maniacal \| monstrous \| overeager \| overenthusiastic \| overzealous \| panic-stricken \| perilous \| pinched \| precarious \| precipitant \| precipitate \| precipitous \| pressing \| rabid \| raging \| ranting \| rash \| raving \| raving mad \| reckless \| running wild \| scandalous \| serious \| shocking \| slap-bang \| slapdash \| sorely pressed \| stark-raving mad \| straitened \| tenuous \| terrible \| thwarted \| uncontrollable \| unhopeful \| up against it \| urgent \| vehement \| venturesome \| vicious \| violent \| wanton \| wild \| without hope \| wretched See Also \| goner \| unfortunate \| unfortunate person Desperate In Webster's Dictionary \Des"perate\, a. [L. desperatus, p. p. of desperare. See {Despair}, and cf. {Desperado}.] 1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [Obs.] I am desperate of obtaining her. --Shak. 2. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune. 3. Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort. ``Desperate expedients.'' --Macaulay. 4. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality. A desperate offendress against nature. --Shak. The most desperate of reprobates. --Macaulay. Syn: Hopeless; despairing; desponding; rash; headlong; precipitate; irretrievable; irrecoverable; forlorn; mad; furious; frantic. \Des"perate\, n. One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.]

Desperate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Desperate?

[n] a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"
[adj] showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; "made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber"; "the desperate gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning point in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures to save his life"
[adj] fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency"
[adj] showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition"
[adj] arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams"
[adj] desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict"
[adj] (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men"

See Also | goner | unfortunate | unfortunate person

Desperate In Webster's Dictionary

\Des"per*ate\, a. [L. desperatus, p. p. of desperare.
See {Despair}, and cf. {Desperado}.]
1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [Obs.]

         I am desperate of obtaining her.      --Shak.

2. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous;
   irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely
   dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.

3. Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard
   to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate
   effort. ``Desperate expedients.'' --Macaulay.

4. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the
   extreme predominance of a bad quality.

         A desperate offendress against nature. --Shak.

         The most desperate of reprobates.     --Macaulay.

Syn: Hopeless; despairing; desponding; rash; headlong;
     precipitate; irretrievable; irrecoverable; forlorn; mad;
     furious; frantic.


\Des"per*ate\, n.
One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.]

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