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