The Meaning of desperate

• (a.) Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
• (a.) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
• (a.) Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.
• (a.) Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.
• (n.) One desperate or hopeless.

Synonyms

despairing , do-or-die , heroic , dire

Rhymes

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