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desperate

Desperate is a 9 letter word which starts with the letter D and ends with the letter E for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(a.) Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
(a.) Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure or at least extremely dangerous; as a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
(a.) Proceeding from or suggested by despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as a desperate effort.
(a.) Extreme in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.
(n.) One desperate or hopeless.

Syllable Information

The word desperate is a 9 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for desperate is: des-per-ate


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