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.

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1. • Condition
   • Recklessness

Anagrams for Desperation »

1. esperantido

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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. Hannah Kroll:

   In the early months of the shortage, it was absolute desperation.

2. Clemens Binninger:

   Gerhard Schindler said. But German secret service officials have observed a disturbing new trend that combines the two threats. Radicals already in Germany are increasingly trying to penetrate the shelters that hold desperate and increasingly volatile refugees who made it to Germany. They have to be careful, because indigenous Islamists and Salafists could try to take advantage of the desperation of the refugees and to achieve their fanatical ideas, said Clemens Binninger, a member of Parliament. Much of the fear has been driven by the fact that ISIS has clearly stated its plan to send jihadists to Western Europe amid the refugee wave. Fighters with valid documents from European Union countries can enter and exit without being detected, and ISIS has reportedly seized hundreds of Syrian blank passports. As a result, European jihadists could be returning amid the wave, and fighters from Syria and Iraq could be sneaking into Western Europe under humanitarian cover, where they can slip into society using doctored documents. Assassins of Paris, of Brussels and the train between Paris and Amsterdam were either radicalized European Muslims or European jihadists, returned from the battlefields, they're making contact with the network of political Salafists, which have been previously recruited to ISIS. Turkey, a European Union member which has taken in an estimated 2 million refugees from Syria, blasted European nations for turning away refugees and making the continent a.

3. President Biden:

   We understand the desperation, but we also believe that if we did that, would end up with something that could end in a full-fledged war in Europe involving many more countries and causing much more human suffering.

4. Richard Aboulafia:

   There's that bottom of the market desperation pricing that's very appealing, but that's not now, we're past that. There are airline execs who would like to think when manufacturers lose pricing power, they never get it back. But that's not the way it works.

5. Clifton Newman:

   I find that the jury is entitled to consider whether the apparent desperation of Mr. Paul Murdaugh, because of Paul Murdaugh dire financial situation, threat of being exposed for committing the crimes for which Paul Murdaugh was later charged with, resulted in the commission of the alleged crimes.

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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
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Desperation
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Desperation