noun one desperate or hopeless.
2. desperate ·adj without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
3. desperate ·adj extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous;
used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.
4. desperate ·adj proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.
5. desperate ·adj beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.