Synonyms for desperation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : des-puh-rey-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌdɛs pəˈreɪ ʃən |
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Définition of desperation
Origin :- mid-14c., from Middle French désperation or directly from Latin desperationem (nominative desperatio) "despair, hopelessness," noun of action from past participle stem of desperare "lose hope" (see despair (v.)).
- noun hopelessness
- noun rashness
- But, nerved as he was by desperation, he found the task greater than he could compass.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- At last in desperation you embody it in a poem, an essay, a story.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- Burke inquired in desperation before the plaintive outburst.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Her desperation lent her invention; just in this one way he must not find her out.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- Perhaps in desperation you may assume the role of cook yourself.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- In desperation I waited two more days, and still no word came.
- Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
- Now, with the mad courage of desperation, it leaped recklessly at the monster.
- Extract from : « Salvage in Space » by John Stewart Williamson
- The pain, together with the humiliation, roused Alan's wrath to desperation.
- Extract from : « The Celtic Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, January 1876 » by Various
- It is not, but it is one of those to which we are 96 driven in the desperation of impatience.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- At last in desperation, he conceived the idea of going to Europe.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
Antonyms for desperation
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