Definition of desperate

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Desperate (a.) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune..

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Desperate :: Desperate (a.) Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
Desperateness :: Desperateness (n.) Desperation; virulence.
Perdue :: Perdue (a.) Accustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless..
Hopeless :: Hopeless (a.) Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause..
Desperate :: Desperate (a.) Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort..
Desperation :: Desperation (n.) The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
Desperately :: Desperately (adv.) In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately..
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) Hence, a desperate hazard or act; a state of being submerged or overwhelmed with difficulties..
Desperate :: Desperate (a.) Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality..
Mortally :: Mortally (adv.) In an extreme degree; to the point of dying or causing death; desperately; as, mortally jealous..
Deadly :: Deadly (a.) Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies..
Forlorn :: Forlorn (v. t.) Destitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
Agitate :: Agitate (v. t.) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs..
Agonizingly :: Agonizingly (adv.) With extreme anguish or desperate struggles.
Agonize :: Agonize (v. i.) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately.
Desperate :: Desperate (a.) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune..
Desperate :: Desperate (n.) One desperate or hopeless.
Ruffian :: Ruffian (n.) A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat..
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