desperate

DESPERATE, adjective [Latin To despair.]1. Without hope.I am desperate of obtaining her.2. Without care of safety; rash; fearless of danger; as a desperate man. Hence, 3. Furious, as a man in despair.4. Hopeless; despaired of; lost beyond hope of recovery; irretrievable; irrecoverable; forlorn. We speak of a desperate case of disease, desperate fortunes, a desperate situation or condition.5. In a popular sense, great in the extreme; as a desperate sot or fool