Word Meaning

desperate definition and meaning

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.
a. Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.
a. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.
n. One desperate or hopeless.

Crossword clues for desperate

- Frantic
- Hopeless
- In dire straits