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Found 4 items, similar to desperate.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: desperate
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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: desperate
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: desperate
desperate
adj 1: arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope;
“a
despairing view of the world situation”;
“the last
despairing plea of the condemned criminal”;
“a
desperate cry for help”;
“helpless and desperate--as
if at the end of his tether”;
“her desperate screams”
[syn:
despairing]
2: desperately determined;
“do-or-die revolutionaries”;
“a
do-or-die conflict” [syn:
do-or-die(a)]
3: (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency
or despair;
“a desperate criminal”;
“taken hostage of
desperate men”
4: showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously
undertaken in desperation as a last resort;
“made a last
desperate attempt to reach the climber”;
“the desperate
gallantry of our naval task forces marked the turning
point in the Pacific war”- G.C.Marshall;
“they took heroic
measures to save his life” [syn:
heroic]
5: showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of
great need or desire;
“felt a desperate urge to confess”;
“a desperate need for recognition”
6: fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless;
“a desperate
illness”;
“on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate
situation due to lack of materiel”- G.C.Marshall;
“a dire
emergency” [syn:
dire]
desperate
n : a person who is frightened and in need of help;
“they prey
on the hopes of the desperate”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Desperate
Desperate
\Des"per*ate\, a. [L. desperatus, p. p. of desperare.
See
Despair, and cf.
Desperado.]
1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [Obs.]
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I am desperate of obtaining her. --Shak.
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2. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous;
irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely
dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
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3. Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard
to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate
effort.
“Desperate expedients.” --Macaulay.
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4. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the
extreme predominance of a bad quality.
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A desperate offendress against nature. --Shak.
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The most desperate of reprobates. --Macaulay.
Syn: Hopeless; despairing; desponding; rash; headlong;
precipitate; irretrievable; irrecoverable; forlorn; mad;
furious; frantic.
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Desperate
\Des"per*ate\, n.
One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.]
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