Desperate

·noun One desperate or hopeless.

II. Desperate ·adj Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.

III. Desperate ·adj Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous;

— used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.

IV. Desperate ·adj Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.

V. Desperate ·adj Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.