desperado

Meaning

1. A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
2. (colloquial) A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, an addict, etc.
3. (colloquial) A person who is desperately in love or is desperate for a romantic or sexual relationship.
4. A piece that seems determined to give itself up, typically to bring about stalemate or perpetual check.

Synonyms

ruffian

renegade

desperate criminal

daring

dashing

despair

desperate

evildoer

felon

hardy

knaves

outlaw

racketeer

rascals

risque

spunky

stout

thug

out-law

wicked man

bandit

desperados

bold

culprit

Translations

Schurke

🦹‍♂️

desperado

bandito

bandido

fuorilegge

woesteling

wanhopige

malfeitor

bandido

desesperado

forajido

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɛspəˈɹɑːdəʊ/

Etymology

From obsolete Spanish desperado, past participle of desperar, archaic form of desesperar (“to despair”), from Latin disperare (“to despair, to lose hope”), from prefix dis- + sperare (“to hope”). Doublet of desperate.