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adj. Having lost all hope; despairing.

adj. Marked by, arising from, or showing despair: the desperate look of hunger; a desperate cry for help.

adj. Reckless or violent because of despair: a desperate criminal.

adj. Undertaken out of extreme urgency or as a last resort: a desperate attempt to save the family business.

adj. Nearly hopeless; critical: a desperate illness; a desperate situation.

adj. Suffering or driven by great need or distress: desperate for recognition.

adj. Extremely intense: felt a desperate urge to tell the truth.

adj. Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.

adj. Having reckless abandon in the pursuit of an extreme desire.

adj. Extremely intense.

adj. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.

adj. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous

adj. Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.

adj. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.

n. One desperate or hopeless.

Having no hope; hopeless; despairing.

Without care for safety; extremely rash; reckless from despair, passion, or ferocity: as, a desperate man.

Done or resorted to without regard to consequences, or in the last extremity; showing despair or recklessness; extremely hazardous: as, a desperate undertaking; desperate remedies.

Beyond hope of recovery; irretrievable; irremediable; hopeless: as, desperate fortunes; a desperate situation or condition.

Such as to be despaired of; extremely difficult to do, manage, cure, or reclaim.

Synonyms and Headlong, violent, mad, wild, furious, frantic.

adj. desperately determined

n. a person who is frightened and in need of help

adj. showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire

adj. arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

adj. fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

adj. (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair

adj. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort

"So I've been -- I've been happy to be able to, you know, to pick the project that I choose and not have to make what I call desperate career choices."

resolute    imperative    hopeless    critical    dangerous    unsafe    brave    courageous   

despair    desperado   

desperate for    desperation   

headlong    mad    rash    desponding    forlorn    precipitate    furious    irrecoverable    despairing    hopeless   

terrible    frantic    passionate    furious    foolish    hopeless