desperate
des prit
- n a person who is frightened and in need of help
they prey on the hopes of the desperate - s 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 - s desperately determined
- s (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
a desperate criminal
taken hostage of desperate men - s 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 - s showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire
felt a desperate urge to confess
a desperate need for recognition - s 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
- The Biturbo was the product of a desperate, under-funded company circling the drain of bankruptcy, and it shows.
- Japan's aged (77) Premier Kantaro Suzuki shuffled through a round of desperate political activity.
- It was hard not to admire Communist Spy Robert Soblen: for almost three months, by hook, crook and desperate deed, he had mocked the laws and made monkeys out of the lawmen of .