'Desperation' definitions:
Definition of 'desperation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A state in which all hope is lost or absent; "in the depths of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; "courage born of desperation" [syn: despair, desperation]
noun
Desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation"
Definition of 'Desperation'
From: GCIDE
- Desperation \Des`per*a"tion\, n. [L. desperatio: cf. OF. desperation.]
- 1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope. [1913 Webster]
- This desperation of success chills all our industry. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury. [1913 Webster]
- In the desperation of the moment, the officers even tried to cut their way through with their swords. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'desperation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acedia,
- anguish,
- anxiety,
- anxiousness,
- apathy,
- cave of despair,
- cave of Trophonius,
- 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