| desperate | a person who is frightened and in need of help |
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| desperate | showing extreme courage |
| desperate | fraught with extreme danger |
| desperate | showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire |
| desperate | arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope |
| desperate | desperately determined |
| desperate | (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair |
| desperate | a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier) |
| desperate | desperate actions taken as a means to an end |
| desperate | a state of extreme distress |
| desperate | with great urgency |
| desperate | in intense despair |