desperate
Definition
- n. a person who is frightened and in need of help
- adj. desperately determined
- adj. (of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair
- adj. showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
Word forms
- Plural
- desperates
Example sentences
a.
She was in a desperate situation and had to ask for help.