We found 29 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word desperate:
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 General (23 matching dictionaries)
- desperate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
- desperate: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
- desperate: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
- Desperate: Wiktionary [home, info]
- desperate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
- desperate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
- desperate: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
- Desperate, desperate: Dictionary.com [home, info]
- desperate: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
- desperate: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
- Desperate (album), Desperate (film), Desperate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
- Desperate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
- desperate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
- desperate: Rhymezone [home, info]
- desperate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
- desperate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
- desperate: Free Dictionary [home, info]
- desperate: Hutchinson Dictionaries [home, info]
- desperate: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
- desperate: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
- desperate: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
- desperate: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
- desperate: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]
Art (1 matching dictionary)
- DESPERATE: Shakespeare Glossary [home, info]
Business (2 matching dictionaries)
- DESPERATE: Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition [home, info]
- desperate: Legal dictionary [home, info]
Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
- desperate: online medical dictionary [home, info]
Science (1 matching dictionary)
- Desperate: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]
Slang (1 matching dictionary)
- Desperate: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook [home, info]
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Quick definitions (desperate)
▸ noun: a person who is frightened and in need of help ("They prey on the hopes of the desperate")
▸ adjective: desperately determined
▸ adjective: (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair ("A desperate criminal")
▸ adjective: showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort ("Made a last desperate attempt to reach the climber")
▸ adjective: fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless ("A desperate illness")
▸ adjective: showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire ("Felt a desperate urge to confess")
▸ adjective: arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope ("A desperate cry for help")
▸ U.S. pronunciation (credits)
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