
1) Bad 2) Brave 3) Courageous 4) Dangerous 5) Despairing 6) Dire 7) Do or die 8) Doordie 9) Drastic 10) Frantic 11) Goner 12) Hard up 13) Hopeless 14) Imperative 15) I gotta run 16) Indireneed 17) Last ditch 18) Last gasp 19) Radical 20) Resolute 21) Sad
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1) Despairing 2) Desperately determined 3) Extreme or excessive 4) Extremely bad 5) Feeling hopeless 6) Frantic 7) Fraught with extreme danger 8) Hopeless 9) In dire straits 10) Leaving little or no hope 11) Like some measures 12) Nearly hopeless 13) Showing extreme courage 14) Up against it 15) Utterly reckless
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A hopeless gambler; one who has no control over his or her tendency to bet.
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• (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. • (a.) Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; ...
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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; furio...
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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 her.»
Shak. 2. Beyond hope;...
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very bad. Desperate weather can embrace snow in July; a desperate neighborhood would be filled with dodgy or dangerous characters.
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A hopeless gambler; one who has no control over his or her tendency to bet.
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[
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 courage 6. [n] - a person who is frightened and in n...
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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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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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reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency: a desperate killer. · having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desperate for attention. · leaving little or no hope; very serious or dangerous: a desperate illness. · extremely bad; intolerable or shocking: clothes in desperate taste. · extreme or excessive. · making a fin...
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