Definition of DESPERATION

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.

Scrabble Score: 14

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Words With Friends Score: 16

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