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