Meaning

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

Meaning

• In dire need of something.

  "I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food."

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

  "I was so desperate at one point, I even went to see a loan shark."

• Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.

  "a desperate effort"

• Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.

  "a desperate disease;  desperate fortune"

• Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.

• Extremely intense.