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(1):

(a.) Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.

(2):

(a.) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.

(3):

(a.) Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.

(4):

(a.) Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; - used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.

(5):

(n.) One desperate or hopeless.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Desperate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/desperate.html. 1828.
 
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