Definition of desperate
(adj)
arising from or
marked by
despair or
loss of hope; "a despairing
view of the
world situation"; "the
last despairing
plea of the condemned criminal"; "a
desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her
desperate screams"
desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict"