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Meaning of desperate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}, {desperate}]
      2: desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-
         or-die conflict" [syn: {desperate}, {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: {desperate}, {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: {desperate}, {dire}]
      n 1: a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey
           on the hopes of the desperate"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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