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[ des-puh-rey-shuhn ] / ˌdɛs pəˈreɪ ʃən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR desperation ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe state of being desperate or of having the recklessness of despair. the act or fact of despairing; despair. Origin of desperation1325–75; Middle English desperacioun<Latin dēspērātiōn- (stem of dēspērātiō). See desperate, -ion synonym study for desperation1. See despair. Words nearby desperationdespatch, despeciation, Despenser, desperado, desperate, desperation, despicable, despise, despite, despiteful, despiteous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for desperationStories of war, death, fear and desperation do not have happy endings. Inside the Smuggling Networks Flooding Europe with Refugees|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST What does our desperation to get a nuclear deal at all costs say to the modern-day Iranian Solzhenitsyns rotting in Evin prison? Iran’s Horrific Human-Rights Record|Sen. Mark Kirk, Sen. Marco Rubio|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST They were shouting with a mixture of fury and desperation about their families in Kobani, under siege just across the line. When ISIS Is An Excuse For A Police State|Jamie Dettmer|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Perhaps, instead, they had reached a desperation we can't quite fathom. The Fear That Killed Eight Ebola Workers|Abby Haglage|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They allowed us to capture the complicated relationship between poverty and family bonds, between community pride and desperation. Filming a Beautiful Town in Decay: ‘Rich Hill’ and the Elusive American Dream|Tracy Droz Tragos|July 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST This is it indeed which the devil desireth; he can allow you grief and desperation, but not to amend. A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter I felt that desperation and recklessness of poverty which only a pauper knows. Redburn. His First Voyage|Herman Melville He realized with desperation that every word the other spoke was true, that he was helpless unless he could be convincing. The Key to Yesterday|Charles Neville Buck But that unvarying scrutiny was harder to bear, and at last, in desperation, she made a quivering appeal. Rosa Mundi and Other Stories|Ethel M. Dell In extremes of desperation one clutches at the semblance of a straw. The Dragon Painter|Mary McNeil Fenollosa
British Dictionary definitions for desperation
noundesperate recklessness the act of despairing or the state of being desperate Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to desperationheartache, gloom, melancholy, anxiety, pain, agony, sorrow, grief, discomfort, despair, misery, fear, anguish, desolation, unhappiness, madness, defiance, distress, dejection, despondency |