Desperate vs. Perseverant

Desperateadjective

In dire need of something.

Desperateadjective

Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.

Desperateadjective

Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.

Desperateadjective

Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.

Desperateadjective

Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.

Desperateadjective

Extremely intense.

Desperateadjective

Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.

Desperateadjective

Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate disease; desperate fortune.

Desperateadjective

Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.

Desperateadjective

Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; - used to mark the extreme predominance of a bad quality.

Desperatenoun

One desperate or hopeless.

Desperatenoun

a person who is frightened and in need of help;

Desperateadjective

arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope;

Desperateadjective

desperately determined;

Desperateadjective

(of persons) dangerously reckless or violent as from urgency or despair;

Desperateadjective

showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort;

Desperateadjective

showing extreme urgency or intensity especially because of great need or desire;

Desperateadjective

fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless;

Desperateadjective

feeling or showing a hopeless sense that a situation is so bad as to be impossible to deal with

Desperateadjective

(of an act) tried in despair or when everything else has failed

Desperateadjective

(of a situation) extremely serious or dangerous

Desperateadjective

(of a person) violent or dangerous

Desperateadjective

very bad

Desperateadjective

(of a person) having a great need or desire for something

Perseverantadjective

Enduring; persistent, resistant.

Perseverantadjective

Persevering.

Perseverantadjective

persistent in doing something despite difficulty; unwavering