Thesaurus: desperation

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1. n. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
2. n. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
3. n. a state in which all hope is lost or absent
4. n. desperate recklessness
5. 1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope. This desperation of success chills all our industry. Hammond. 2. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury. In the desperation of the moment, the officers even tried to cut their way through with their swords. W. Irving.
6. n:100 n. desperate recklessness