İngilizce-Türkçe-Almanca sözlük

1. umutsuz, ümitsiz.
2. her şeyi göze alabilen; gözü dönmüş. umutsuz, çaresizlige kapilmis; gözü dönmüs; çok ciddi, agir, tehlikeli. umutsuz,ümitsizlikten saldıran. ümitsizlikten saldıran. s.
3. her şeyi göze alabilen; gözü dönmüş. umutsuz. çaresiz, umutsuz, her şeyi göze almış, gözükara; korkunç, vahim, azgın; aşırı.
4. aşırı, azgın, gözükara, umutsuz, korkunç, çaresiz, herşeyi göze almış, vahim.
5. umutsuz. çaresizliğe kapılmış. gözü dönmüş. çok ciddi. ağır. tehlikeli.
6. umutsuz. çaresizlikten deliye dönmüş. vahim. korkunç. tehlikeli. dehşetli.
7. ümitsizlikten saldıran, umutsuz.
8. umutsuz. çaresizlige kapilmis. gözü dönmüs. çok ciddi. agir. tehlikeli.

Etymology : Latin desperatus, past participle of desperare
Pronunciation : des-p(&-)r&t, -p&r
Function : adjective
Date : 15th century

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1. hopeless, despairing; dangerous, violent; terrible, bad. desperate\des"per*ate\, n. one desperate or hopeless. [obs.]desperate \des"per*ate\ , a. [l. desperatus, p. p. of desperare. see: despair, and cf. desperado.].
2. without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [obs.] i am desperate of obtaining her.
3. beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
4. proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort. "desperate expedients.".
5. extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality. a desperate offendress against nature. the most desperate of reprobates.
6. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
7. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
8. Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.
9. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.
10. One desperate or hopeless. a person who is frightened and in need of help; "they prey on the hopes of the desperate" fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless; "a desperate illness"; "on all fronts the Allies were in a desperate situation due to lack of materiel"- G.C.Marshall; "a dire emergency" showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire; "felt a desperate urge to confess"; "a desperate need for recognition" desperately determined; "do-or-die revolutionaries"; "a do-or-die conflict" dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair; "a desperate criminal"; "taken hostage of desperate men".
11. 1. If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it. Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need He made a desperate attempt to hijack a plane. + desperately des·per·ate·ly Thousands are desperately trying to leave their battered homes.
12. If you are desperate for something or desperate to do something, you want or need it very much indeed. They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family People are desperate for him to do something. + desperately des·per·ate·ly He was a boy who desperately needed affection.
13. A desperate situation is very difficult, serious, or dangerous. India's United Nations ambassador said the situation is desperate = dire.