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DesperadoDesperado Des`per*a"do, n.; pl. Desperadoes. [OSp.
desperado, p. p. of desperar, fr. L. desperare. See
Desperate.]
A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions,
and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian. DesperadoesDesperado Des`per*a"do, n.; pl. Desperadoes. [OSp.
desperado, p. p. of desperar, fr. L. desperare. See
Desperate.]
A reckless, furious man; a person urged by furious passions,
and regardless of consequence; a wild ruffian. Desperate
Desperate Des"per*ate, n.
One desperate or hopeless. [Obs.]
DesperateDesperate Des"per*ate, a. [L. desperatus, p. p. of desperare.
See Despair, and cf. Desperado.]
1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [Obs.]
I am desperate of obtaining her. --Shak.
2. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous;
irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely
dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.
3. Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard
to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate
effort. ``Desperate expedients.' --Macaulay.
4. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the
extreme predominance of a bad quality.
A desperate offendress against nature. --Shak.
The most desperate of reprobates. --Macaulay.
Syn: Hopeless; despairing; desponding; rash; headlong;
precipitate; irretrievable; irrecoverable; forlorn; mad;
furious; frantic. Desperately
Desperately Des"per*ate*ly, adv.
In a desperate manner; without regard to danger or safety;
recklessly; extremely; as, the troops fought desperately.
She fell desperately in love with him. --Addison.
Desperateness
Desperateness Des"per*ate*ness n.
Desperation; virulence.
Desperation
Desperation Des`per*a"tion, n. [L. desperatio: cf. OF.
desperation.]
1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up
of hope.
This desperation of success chills all our industry.
--Hammond.
2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of
hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
In the desperation of the moment, the officers even
tried to cut their way through with their swords.
--W. Irving.
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