Definitions for DESPERATION
ˌdɛs pəˈreɪ ʃəndes·per·a·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. despair, desperationnoun

   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"

2. desperationnoun

   desperate recklessness

   "it was a policy of desperation"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. desperationnoun

   The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.

2. desperationnoun

   A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Desperationnoun

   Hopelesness; despair; despondency.

   Etymology: from desperate.

   Desperation
   Is all the policy, strength, and defence,
   That Rome can make against them. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   As long as we are guilty of any past sin, and have no promise of remission, whatever our future care be, this desperation of success chills all our industry, and we sin on, because we have sinned. Henry Hammond, on Fundamentals.

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1. desperation

   Desperation is a state of despair or hopelessness, typically resulting from a difficult or urgent situation. It is often characterized by reckless or extreme behavior due to the lack of viable solutions or options.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Desperationnoun

   the act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope

2. Desperationnoun

   a state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury

3. Etymology: [L. desperatio: cf. OF. desperation.]

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1. Desperation

   Desperation is a horror novel by Stephen King. It was published in 1996 at the same time as its "mirror" novel, The Regulators. It was made into a TV film starring Ron Perlman, Tom Skeritt, and Steven Weber in 2006. The two novels represent parallel universes relative to one another, and most of the characters present in one novel's world also exist in the other novel's reality, albeit in different circumstances.

Matched Categories

1. • Condition
   • Recklessness

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Anagrams for DESPERATION »

1. esperantido

How to pronounce DESPERATION?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say DESPERATION in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of DESPERATION in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of DESPERATION in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of DESPERATION in a Sentence

1. Stefanie Thompson:

   I sent some basic information along and by the morning, I had a text from someone who said,' Can you bring them down to Jackson [ Health ] this morning ?' it was surreal because I had been exploring every avenue and then all of a sudden, I had appointment confirmations. I was petrified but hoped it was real out of complete desperation.

2. Darrell Issa:

   The attempt to paint her predecessors in the State Department as equal offenders in mishandling classified material is an insult to what we now know to be the truth, official investigations have confirmed that Secretary Clinton’s unsecure server stored more than 1,000 emails containing classified information, including some classified at the very highest levels. Her guarantee to the nation that the number was zero now seems more like desperation than news cycle spin.

3. Carlos Andres Gomez:

   So many men in the world (are) living in this sort of quiet desperation, confined in this box of toxic masculinity.

4. George Pagoulatos:

   Greece already has first-hand experience of economic populism and is now rejecting it, making a turn towards pragmatism, the vote in 2015 was one of hope, of desperation. Then the idealism collapsed. Now people are focusing on who they believe can deliver.

5. Felicity Huffman:

   In my desperation to be a good mother I talked Actress Felicity Huffman into believing that all I was doing was giving my daughter a fair shot, i see the irony in that statement now because what I have done is the opposite of fair. I have broken the law, deceived the educational community, betrayed my daughter and failed my family.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=DESPERATION
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Desperation
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=DESPERATION
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DESPERATION
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=DESPERATION
7. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=DESPERATION