Found 4 items, similar to desperate.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: desperate putus asa
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: desperate putus asa
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.] [1913 Webster] I am desperate of obtaining her. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune. [1913 Webster] 3. Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort. “Desperate expedients.” --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 4. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality. [1913 Webster] A desperate offendress against nature. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The most desperate of reprobates. --Macaulay. Syn: Hopeless; despairing; desponding; rash; headlong; precipitate; irretrievable; irrecoverable; forlorn; mad; furious; frantic. [1913 Webster] Desperate \Des"per*ate\, n. One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]