Desperate
Word | DESPERATE |
Character | 9 |
Hyphenation | des per ate |
Pronunciations | /ˈdɛsp(ə)ɹət/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Desperate"
What do we mean by desperate?
Having lost all hope; despairing. adjective
Marked by, arising from, or showing despair. adjective
Reckless or violent because of despair. adjective
Undertaken out of extreme urgency or as a last resort. adjective
Nearly hopeless; critical. adjective
Suffering or driven by great need or distress. adjective
Extremely intense. adjective
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.
Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. adjective
Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous adjective
Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious. adjective
Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality. adjective
One desperate or hopeless. noun
Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless. adjective
Having reckless abandon in the pursuit of an extreme desire. adjective
A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.
1. feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with. 2 (of a person) having a great need or desire for something. Urban Dictionary
Someone who wants something so bad they will go to extreme lengths to get it. Urban Dictionary
The state of doing anything in your means to get what you want. The state of being so lonely and so insecure, due to lack of esteem, that you will date/marry or have sex with anyone. You dont care weather or not it is bad for you, but only how "good" it feels to have somebody you think is compatible with you and likes you for yourself. You decieve yourself into thinking that this person makes you happy, when in reality it's only the feeling of love that makes you happy. Instead of waiting for the right person to come along, you settle for someone who is much less ideal for you and can make your life even more miserable. Urban Dictionary
Common in more clingy teenagers. A boy or girl who just wants a girlfriend/boyfriend so badly that they will date the first remotely attractive person who comes along. A lot of people don't really look specifically for good personalities or morals, but whether or not it would be fun to make out with them. Urban Dictionary
Willing to date anyone, no matter what. Urban Dictionary
When you're horny or blue balling to the point where you'll fuck anyone. Urban Dictionary
A guy who gets punked and or used by a woman. Urban Dictionary
When you have to pee so bad, you're about to wet your pants Urban Dictionary
In dire need of something. Usually associated with people trying to get some from other people. Desperate people is commonly a catch 22. Desperate people usually don't get what they want, thus they are always desperate. Urban Dictionary
When you're extremely insecure, overweight and unnatractive. You can't get attention from women in real life because of your ugly looks so you go on myspace and online dating sites to try to get attention because you're so fat and hideous. Urban Dictionary
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