Details of word DESPERATE

Definition 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.

Word "desperate" contains 9 letters : A D E E E P R S T

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