Definition
Meaning of 'desperate'
Meaning of 'desperate' (Webster Dictionary)
1. 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.
- Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.
- Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.
2. Desperate [ n.]
- One desperate or hopeless. [ n.]Meaning of 'desperate' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. desperate [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a person who is frightened and in need of help
- a person who is frightened and in need of help
Example in sentence:
- they prey on the hopes of the desperate
2. desperate [ s]
[ s]Meaning (2):
- arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
- arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
Example in sentence:
- a despairing view of the world situation;
- a desperate cry for help;
- helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether;
- her desperate screams;
- the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal
Meaning (3):
- (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
- (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
Example in sentence:
- a desperate criminal;
- taken hostage of desperate men
Meaning (4):
- fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
- fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
Example in sentence:
- a desperate illness;
- a dire emergency;
- on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel
Meaning (5):
- desperately determined
- desperately determined
Example in sentence:
- a do-or-die conflict;
- do-or-die revolutionaries
Meaning (6):
- showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
- showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
Example in sentence:
- a desperate need for recognition;
- felt a desperate urge to confess
Meaning (7):
- showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
- showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
Example in sentence:
- 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;
- they took heroic measures to save his life
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