Definitions from Wiktionary (desperate)

▸ adjective:  In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.
▸ adjective:  Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.
▸ adjective:  Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous.
▸ adjective:  Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness.
▸ adjective:  Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable.
▸ adjective:  Intense; extremely intense.
▸ noun:  A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.

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