Definitions:

1. (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair adjective
   • a desperate criminal
2. a person who is frightened and in need of help noun
   • they prey on the hopes of the desperate
3. showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire adjective
   • felt a desperate urge to confess

Synonyms:

• despairing
• dire
• do-or-die
• heroic

NearBy Words:

• desperately