desperate🔊

In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire.

Being filled with, or in a state of, despair; hopeless.

Beyond hope, leaving little reason for hope; causing despair; extremely perilous.

Involving or employing extreme measures, without regard to danger or safety; reckless due to hopelessness.

Extremely bad; outrageous, shocking; intolerable.

Intense; extremely intense.

A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.