DESPERATE

desperate, heroic

(adjective) 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”

desperate, dire

(adjective) 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”

desperate

(adjective) showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; “felt a desperate urge to confess”; “a desperate need for recognition”

despairing, desperate

(adjective) 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”

desperate, do-or-die

(adjective) desperately determined; “do-or-die revolutionaries”; “a do-or-die conflict”

desperate

(adjective) (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; “a desperate criminal”; “taken hostage of desperate men”

desperate

(noun) a person who is frightened and in need of help; “they prey on the hopes of the desperate”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

desperate (comparative more desperate, superlative most desperate)

In dire need of something.

Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.

Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.

Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.

Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.

Extremely intense.

Noun

desperate (plural desperates)

A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.

Anagrams

• departees

Source: Wiktionary

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Des"per*ate, a. Etym: [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.

Definition: One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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