Meaning Of The Word Desperate

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desperate
If you are desperate for something or desperate to do something, you want or need it very much indeed.
adjective: A desperate situation is very difficult, serious, or dangerous.
adjective: If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.

desperate in American English
driven to or resulting from loss of hope; rash or violent because of despair
adjective: reckless or dangerous because of despair or urgency
noun: a bold, reckless criminal or outlaw, esp. in the early days of the American West; a desperado

desperate in British English
adjective: careless of danger, as from despair; utterly reckless

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