desperate

Meanings

Noun

• a person who is frightened and in need of help
  • "they prey on the hopes of the desperate"

Adjective Satellite

• arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
  • "a desperate cry for help"
  • "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"
  • "her desperate screams"
• desperately determined
• (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
  • "a desperate criminal"
  • "taken hostage of desperate men"
• showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort; ; - G.C.Marshall
  • "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"
• showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
  • "felt a desperate urge to confess"
  • "a desperate need for recognition"
• fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; ; - G.C.Marshall
  • "a desperate illness"
  • "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"

Synonyms

despairing, dire, do-or-die, heroic