also: デスペレート
na-adjective
Loanword from English 'desperate', used as a na-adjective. Conveys a sense of extreme urgency, recklessness, or hopelessness. Often used in casual or emphatic contexts.
彼はデスパレートな手段に出た。
He resorted to desperate measures.
状況はかなりデスパレートだ。
The situation is pretty desperate.