Definitions for desperado

desperado des·per·a·do

Spelling: [des-puh-rah-doh, -rey-]
IPA: /ˌdɛs pəˈrɑ doʊ, -ˈreɪ-/

Desperado is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 418 anagrams from letters in desperado (addeeoprs).

Definitions for desperado

noun

  1. a bold, reckless criminal or outlaw, especially in the early days of the American West.

Origin of desperado

1600-10; probably pseudo-Spanish alteration of desperate (as noun, now obsolete), in same sense

Examples for desperado

What folly it was to venture into the world with such a guide as this desperado, Whiskerandos!

It couldn't be at the stars; such a desperado was neither astrologer nor astronomer.

He had formerly been ridiculed as a visionary, he was now pitied as a desperado.

Here, the acclaimed director of desperado and Sin City offers up his top cult films.

He was a desperado, and it was said that he had killed at least two men in his time.

A desperado, seeking to kill him, threw down on him as he was entering a saloon.

The grave of Black-heart Bill, the desperado, who is buried there.

“Got a warrant for you,” he announced when the desperado had demanded to know who was there.

But, monsieur, I am not one who would wish you to be a common bravo—a desperado—for me.

Rodriguez wrote a script that imagined Trejo, his thuggish muse in desperado and Spy Kids, as a Mexican Charles Bronson.

Word Value for desperado
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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