Desperate

Definition:

  • (a.) Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
  • (a.) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
  • (a.) Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.
  • (a.) Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.
  • (n.) One desperate or hopeless.

Compare desperate with other words:

desperate vs. exasperate

depression vs. desperate

desperate vs. miserable

desperate vs. devastating

desperate vs. devastate

deprived vs. desperate

desperate vs. forlorn

desperate vs. perseverant

desperate vs. hubbub

desperate vs. tense

despaired vs. desperate

desperate vs. eager

desperate vs. frantic

desperate vs. despondent

desperate vs. desperateness

desperate vs. perdue

desperate vs. sorely

desperado vs. desperate

desperate vs. intense

despair vs. desperate

desperate vs. hopeful

desperate vs. pervert

desperate vs. desperately

desperate vs. disparate

desperate vs. desperation

desperate vs. hopeless

cry vs. desperate