Definitions for desperadoes

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desperadoes des·per·a·do

Spelling: [des-puh-rah-doh, -rey-]

IPA: /ˌdɛs pəˈrɑ doʊ, -ˈreɪ-/

Desperadoes is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 541 anagrams from letters in desperadoes (addeeeoprss).

Definitions for desperadoes

noun

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

Origin of desperadoes

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

Examples for desperadoes

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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