desperation
Plural: desperations
Noun
- a state in which all hope is lost or absent
- "courage born of desperation"
- desperate recklessness
- "it was a policy of desperation"
- The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
- A state of despair, or utter hopelessness; abandonment of hope.
- Reckless fury.
- Ellipsis of bladder desperation.
Examples
- in desperation
- utter desperation
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin desperatio, desperationis. By surface analysis, desperate + ion.
Synonyms
despair, desperation, despond, despondency, hopelessness, unhope, wanhope
Scrabble Score: 14
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Words With Friends Score: 16
desperation: valid Words With Friends Word