Meaning Of Desperate

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.