About The Word Desperation
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Desperation
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What's The Definition Of Desperation?
[n] desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation"
[n] a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute" Synonyms | Synonyms for Desperation: despair Related Terms | Find terms related to Desperation: acedia | anguish | anxiety | anxiousness | apathy | cave of despair | cave of Trophonius | defeatism | dejection | depression | despair | desperateness | despondency | disconsolateness | discouragement | distress | foolhardiness | forlornness | gloom | heedlessness | hopelessness | impetuosity | imprudence | melancholy | misery | no exit | no way | no way out | pessimism | rashness | recklessness | sloth | sorrow | wretchedness See Also | condition | foolhardiness | rashness | recklessness | status Desperation In Webster's Dictionary \Des`per*a"tion\, n. [L. desperatio: cf. OF.
desperation.]
1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up
of hope.
This desperation of success chills all our industry.
--Hammond.
2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of
hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
In the desperation of the moment, the officers even
tried to cut their way through with their swords.
--W. Irving.
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