Desperate Synonyms & Definitions

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• DesperateDefinition & Meaning in English

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

• DesperatelyDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (adv.) In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety; recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.