Word
Desperate
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
des-per-ate
Definition
- a. - Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
- a. - Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous;
irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a
desperate disease; desperate fortune.
- a. - Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without
regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.
- a. - Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the
extreme predominance of a bad quality.
- n. - One desperate or hopeless.
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