Adjective

(en adjective)

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

* (William Shakespeare)

Since his exile she hath despised me most, / Forsworn my company and rail'd at me, / That I am desperate of obtaining her.

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Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.

* Macaulay

desperate expedients

Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.

Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.

* (William Shakespeare)

a desperate offendress against nature

* Macaulay

the most desperate of reprobates

Extremely intense.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Done on purpose; intentional.

Tripping me was deliberate action.

Of a person, weighing facts and arguments with a view to a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining.

The jury took eight hours to come to its deliberate verdict.

Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash.

a deliberate''' opinion; a '''deliberate measure or result

* Shakespeare

settled visage and deliberate word

Not hasty or sudden; slow.

* W. Wirt

His enunciation was so deliberate .