<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.</li><li>Synonyms: frantic, rash</li><li>Antonyms: careful</li><li>Having an urgent need, desire, etc.: desperate for attention; desperate to find a job.</li><li>Leaving little or no hope; very serious or dangerous: a desperate illness.</li><li>Synonyms: grave</li><li>Antonyms: hopeful</li><li>Extremely bad; intolerable or shocking: clothes in desperate taste.</li><li>Making a final, ultimate effort; giving all: a desperate attempt to save a life.</li><li>Actuated by a feeling of hopelessness.</li><li>Having no hope; giving in to despair.</li><li>Synonyms: desolate, forlorn</li><li>Antonyms: hopeful</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Obsolete: a desperado.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>