desperate

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.

2. 2adjective

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

3. 3adjective

   Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.

4. 4adjective

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

5. 5noun

   One desperate or hopeless.

6. 6noun

   a person who is frightened and in need of help

   "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"

7. 7adjective

   showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort- G.C.Marshall

   "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"

   Synonyms

   heroic
8. 8adjective

   fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless- G.C.Marshall

   "a desperate illness"

   "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"

   Synonyms

   dire
9. 9adjective

   showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire

   "felt a desperate urge to confess"

   "a desperate need for recognition"

10. 10adjective

    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"

    Synonyms

    despairing
11. 11adjective

    desperately determined

    "do-or-die revolutionaries"

    "a do-or-die conflict"

12. 12adjective

    (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair

    "a desperate criminal"

    "taken hostage of desperate men"