Home Forum Dictionary Articles Tutorials Books Directory Share your work


Edit page | Page history | Printable version

Dictionary » D » Desperate

Desperate

Desperate

1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. I am desperate of obtaining her. (Shak)

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

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

4. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality. A desperate offendress against nature. (Shak) The most desperate of reprobates. (Macaulay)

Synonym: hopeless, despairing, desponding, rash, headlong, precipitate, irretrievable, irrecoverable, forlorn, mad, furious, frantic.

Origin: L. Desperatus, p. P. Of desperare. See despair, and cf. Desperado.


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


please help! mystery illness

Not sure if this is the right place for this sort of question, but i thought since i'm desperate i would give it a shot!The past 2 months I have been getting really sick and the doctors haven't been able to diagnose me and i was wondering if anyone out there had similar ...

See entire post
by hellojenny1982
Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:22 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: please help! mystery illness
Replies: 3
Views: 83

Re:

... hidden from the rest of the world. Rarely do we see what truly goes on in a forgotten continent, and until we do, I suspect these violations of a desperate people will continue. The cure to this problem is public awareness, as the public outcry of such behavior may bring a long needed change. ...

See entire post
by MichaelXY
Wed Jun 17, 2009 6:58 am
 
Forum: Ecology
Topic: WHO scum - politics over lives
Replies: 15
Views: 690

purple non-sulfur bacteria

Hello. I am in desperate need of some advice regarding an experiment. I am testing the purple non-sulfur bacteria Rhodospirillum rubrum. My aim is to compare the rate of growth of the bacteria using light and fermentation for energy ...

See entire post
by prime
Sun Jun 07, 2009 1:31 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: purple non-sulfur bacteria
Replies: 1
Views: 195

heyy if anyone can help

... many different bases there are in a chromosome? and why an ear cell can have the codes to produce insulin but only a liver cell produces insulin? desperate need of help :| thanks, del x

See entire post
by adeliepenguin07
Sat Jan 10, 2009 12:29 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: heyy if anyone can help
Replies: 1
Views: 411

Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain

Hi, this is the first time I have done this...but I am so desperate I need all the help I can get. I have had stomach bloating, weight gain, fatigue, water retention, headaches, muscle cramps, etc... for the last year and a half and no one can help me...or ...

See entire post
by mrbk
Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:37 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
Replies: 299
Views: 484019
View all matching forum results

This page was last modified 21:16, 3 October 2005. This page has been accessed 1,122 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link