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Nouns
1. (n.) desperate;
  - a person who is frightened and in need of help;
  - “they prey on the hopes of the desperate”;

Adjectives
1. (adj.) despairing, desperate;
  - 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”;

2. (adj.) desperate, do-or-die;
  - desperately determined;
  - “do-or-die revolutionaries”; “a do-or-die conflict”;

3. (adj.) desperate;
  - (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair;
  - “a desperate criminal”; “taken hostage of desperate men”;

4. (adj.) desperate, heroic;
  - 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”; “they took heroic measures to save his life”;

5. (adj.) desperate;
  - showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire;
  - “felt a desperate urge to confess”; “a desperate need for recognition”;

6. (adj.) desperate, dire;
  - fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless;
  - “a desperate illness”; “on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel”; “a dire emergency”;

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