1 needing or wanting something very much: --
[ + to infinitive ] UK humorous He was desperate to tell someone his good news.
UK humorous I'm desperate for a drink!
They are desperate for help.
2 feeling that you have no hope and are ready to do anything to change the bad situation you are in: --
3 showing a willingness to take any risk in order to change a bad or dangerous situation: --
5 having a very great need: --
The desperate condition of the recruits is clearly indicated by the following.
Most importantly, they draw together a variety of disciplinary sources to present what social gerontology is in desperate need of, that is a strong argument.
Most commonly, it was recognised that there was a desperate need for financial capital to re-invest in both farming activities and post-conflict reconstruction.
These acute concerns developed into a desperate sense of the need for self-reliance.
They were in desperate need of assistance and thus amenable to the overtures of central government.
A framework is a means of perception, that is why it is defended with desperate instinct by those holding it.
She is wasting her rising energies in desperate efforts to reanimate dead forms.
The value of the pub circuit, according to industry mythology, resided in the initial (sometimes desperate) attempts involved in securing audiences' approval.
