Desperation

Definition of Desperation

Des`per`a´tion
n.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.

Related Words

acedia, anguish, anxiety, anxiousness, apathy, cave of Trophonius, cave of despair, 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
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