Driven to or resulting from the loss of hope; rash or violent because of despair;despairing: arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; having a great desire,need,etc.;offering so little chance as for improvement, as to cause despair; extremely dangerous or serious; extreme; drastic;{Archaic}despairing; without hope
a desperate criminal; "a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal";"a desperate cry for help";"helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether";"her desperate screams";"desperate for affection"; "a desperate illness";"in desperate need";"The Republicans are more desperate than ever."
by Maurice B Thomas August 30, 2006
Someone that sleeps around with half of their people in their town, and gets married in their early 20s and has kids at a young age. Someome that rushes into things.
by Kamiko Yamaguchi April 21, 2016
by namibe January 20, 2005
raj
apparantly definitions have to be 20 letters or 30 words, which really sucks so lets just say that this little blurb didn't happen, i want to have the effect of just having "raj"
apparantly definitions have to be 20 letters or 30 words, which really sucks so lets just say that this little blurb didn't happen, i want to have the effect of just having "raj"
by raj October 31, 2004
by that guy November 04, 2004
"Desperism" : The action of publicly ruining your personal reputation through a desperate or humiliating act in order to preserve a flawed ideology, statement of innocence or ill reputed corporate mandate.
Example #1: "The desperism is evident as John still insists that the world is flat even after seeing the photographs of earth from space.
"Example #2: "Despite the overwhelming physical evidence that proved beyond a doubt that Robert was guilty of the murder, in an act of desperism, he continued to claim his innocence without introducing any contradictory new evidence to provide credence to his statement."
Example #3:"A recent clinically study proved that new widgets produced by FLUBBY INCORPORATED contain lethal amounts of toxic substances. Despite these findings, in an act of desperism, FLUBBY INC'c president released the following statement... "Our products are 100% safe and we urge consumers to continue using FLUBBY brand widgets."
"Example #2: "Despite the overwhelming physical evidence that proved beyond a doubt that Robert was guilty of the murder, in an act of desperism, he continued to claim his innocence without introducing any contradictory new evidence to provide credence to his statement."
Example #3:"A recent clinically study proved that new widgets produced by FLUBBY INCORPORATED contain lethal amounts of toxic substances. Despite these findings, in an act of desperism, FLUBBY INC'c president released the following statement... "Our products are 100% safe and we urge consumers to continue using FLUBBY brand widgets."
by Lance Campeau September 26, 2007
feeling, showing, or involving a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with. A desperate person is a person that needs or wants something badly. someone who is to hopeless and just gives up. someone who is despairing, hopeless; anguished, distressed, wretched, desolate, forlorn, distraught, fraught; (of an act or attempt) tried in despair or when everything else has failed; having little hope of success. (of a situation) extremely bad, serious, or dangerous.
by TheAwesomeJUNK November 03, 2018