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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
desperate
adj 1: arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; "a
despairing view of the world situation"; "the last
despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate
cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end
of his tether"; "her desperate screams" [syn:
despairing, desperate]
2: desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-
or-die conflict" [syn: desperate, do-or-die(a)]
3: (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency
or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of
desperate men"
4: 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 our naval task forces marked the turning point
in the Pacific war"- G.C.Marshall; "they took heroic measures
to save his life" [syn: desperate, heroic]
5: showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of
great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a
desperate need for recognition"
6: 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" [syn: desperate, dire]
n 1: a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey
on the hopes of the desperate"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Desperate \Des"per*ate\, n.
One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.]
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Desperate \Des"per*ate\, a. [L. desperatus, p. p. of desperare.
See Despair, and cf. Desperado.]
1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [Obs.]
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I am desperate of obtaining her. --Shak.
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2. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous;
irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely
dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
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3. Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard
to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate
effort. "Desperate expedients." --Macaulay.
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4. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the
extreme predominance of a bad quality.
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A desperate offendress against nature. --Shak.
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The most desperate of reprobates. --Macaulay.
Syn: Hopeless; despairing; desponding; rash; headlong;
precipitate; irretrievable; irrecoverable; forlorn; mad;
furious; frantic.
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4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) |
DESPERATE. Of which there is no hope.
2. This term is used frequently, in making an inventory of a decedent's
effects, when a debt is considered so bad that there is no hope of
recovering it. It is then called a desperate debt, and, if it be so
returned, it will be prima facie, considered as desperate. See Toll. Ex. 248
2 Williams, Ex. 644; 1 Chit. Pr. 580. See Sperate.
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Thesaurus Results for Desperate:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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