Look up: Desperate

1. desperate
   [adj] - (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair 2. [adj] - desperately determined 3. [adj] - showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire 4. [adj] - fraught with extreme danger 5. [adj] - showing extreme courag...
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2. Desperate
   Des'per·ate adjective [ Latin desperatus , past participle of desperare . See Despair , and confer Desperado .] 1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [ Obsolete] « I am desperate of obtaining he...
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3. Desperate
   Des'per·ate noun One desperate or hopeless. [ Obsolete]
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4. desperate
   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; w...
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5. 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`
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6. desperate
   do-or-die(a) adjective desperately determined; `do-or-die revolutionaries`; `a do-or-die conflict`
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7. 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 ou...
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8. 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`
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9. desperate
   noun a person who is frightened and in need of help; `they prey on the hopes of the desperate`
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10. Desperate
    • (a.) Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort. • (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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11. desperate
    desperate 1. Overwhelmed with urgency and anxiety, to the point of losing hope. 2. So drastic, or reckless, as to be suitable only for a last resort. 3. Extremely difficult, serious, or dangerous: 'There is a desperate shortage of food and water in many parts of the world.' 4. Wanting, or needing, something very much.
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12. desperate
    without hope
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13. desperate
    very bad. Desperate weather can embrace snow in July; a desperate neighborhood would be filled with dodgy or dangerous characters.
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14. Desperate
    (film) `Desperate` is a 1947 suspense film noir directed by Anthony Mann..--> Plot: Steve Randall (Brodie) is an independent trucker who is hired by an old friend to haul some freight. Only when Steve arrives at the warehouse, does he realize that what he has been hired to haul away is...
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15. Desperate
    (Divinyls album) `Desperate` is the debut studio album and second overall album by Australian rock band Divinyls, released in 1983 by Chrysalis Records. The album contains the hits "Boys in Town", "Science Fiction" and "Siren (Never Let You Go)". Backgroun...
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