Characterized by truth; not false; as, a veracious
account or narrative.
Observant of truth; habitually speaking truth; truthful;
as, veracious historian.
1. Without hope; given to despair; hopeless. [Obs.] I am desperate of obtaining her. Shak. 2. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a desperate diseas...
