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Definition of Desperate
1. Noun. A person who is frightened and in need of help. "They prey on the hopes of the desperate"
Specialized synonyms: Goner, Toast
Derivative terms: Despair
2. Adjective. Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope. "Her desperate screams"
3. Adjective. Desperately determined. "A do-or-die conflict"
4. Adjective. (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair. "Taken hostage of desperate men"
5. Adjective. Showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort. "They took heroic measures to save his life"
6. Adjective. Showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire. "A desperate need for recognition"
7. Adjective. Fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless. "A dire emergency"
Definition of Desperate
1. a. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
2. n. One desperate or hopeless.
Definition of Desperate
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Desperate
1. 1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. "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." 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) Synonym: Hopeless, despairing, desponding, rash, headlong, precipitate, irretrievable, irrecoverable, forlorn, mad, furious, frantic. Origin: L. Desperatus, p. P. Of desperare. See Despair, and cf. Desperado. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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