Desperate(a.) Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
Desperate(a.) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
Desperate(a.) Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.
Desperate(a.) Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.
Desperate(n.) One desperate or hopeless.
Desperately(adv.) In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.
Desperateness(n.) Desperation; virulence.
Desperation(n.) The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
Desperation(n.) A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
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