ALL meanings of desperate
des·per·ate
D d - adjective desperate If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it. 3
- adjective desperate If you are desperate for something or desperate to do something, you want or need it very much indeed. 3
- adjective desperate A desperate situation is very difficult, serious, or dangerous. 3
- adjective desperate careless of danger, as from despair; utterly reckless 3
- adjective desperate (of an act) reckless; risky 3
- adjective desperate used or undertaken in desperation or as a last resort 3
- adjective desperate critical; very grave 3
- adjective desperate in distress and having a great need or desire 3
- adjective desperate moved by or showing despair or hopelessness; despairing 3
- adjective desperate driven to or resulting from loss of hope; rash or violent because of despair 3
- adjective desperate having a very great desire, need, etc. 3
- adjective desperate offering so little chance, as for improvement, as to cause despair; extremely dangerous or serious 3
- adjective desperate extreme; drastic 3
- adjective desperate despairing; without hope 3
- noun desperate Feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with. 1
- adjective desperate person: needing help 1
- noun desperate person: needing sth urgently 1
- adjective desperate person: urgently wishing to do sth 1
- adjective desperate need: urgent, extreme 1
- adjective desperate situation: hopeless 1
- adjective desperate extreme, determined 1
- adjective desperate wild, reckless 1
- adjective desperate reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer. 1
- adjective desperate having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desperate for attention; desperate to find a job. 1
- adjective desperate leaving little or no hope; very serious or dangerous: a desperate illness. 1
- adjective desperate extremely bad; intolerable or shocking: clothes in desperate taste. 1
- adjective desperate extreme or excessive. 1
- adjective desperate making a final, ultimate effort; giving all: a desperate attempt to save a life. 1
- adjective desperate actuated by a feeling of hopelessness. 1
- adjective desperate having no hope; giving in to despair. 1
- noun desperate Obsolete. a desperado. 1
- adjective desperate Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless. 0
- adjective desperate Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious. 0
- adjective desperate Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable. 0
- adjective desperate Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous. 0
- adjective desperate Extremely intense. 0