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desperation
/,dɛspə'reɪʃən/
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Definitions of desperation
  1. noun
    a state in which all hope is lost or absent
    "courage born of desperation"

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    despair
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    condition status
  2. noun
    desperate recklessness
    "it was a policy of desperation"
Definition that contains desperation
  • desperate showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
  • frightened thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
  • terrified thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
  • heroic showing extreme courage; especially of actions courageously undertaken in desperation as a last resort
  • panicked thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
  • panicky thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
  • despairingly with desperation
  • panic-struck thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation
  • despondently with desperation
  • pis aller an expedient adopted only in desperation
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