Definition of: desperate

(des′pər·it) adjective
1. Without care for danger; reckless, as from despair.
2. Resorted to in a last extremity; instigated by or denoting despair; hazardous; frantic; furious.
3. Regarded as almost irremediable; despaired of.
4. Utterly, hopelessly bad; outrageous.
5. Hopeless of recovery; irrecoverable: said especially of a money claim.
6. Obs. Despairing. [<L desperatus, pp. of desperare. See DESPAIR.]
—des′per·ate·ly adverb
—des′per·ate·ness noun

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