desperation
noun
[ dɛspəˈreɪʃn ]
• a state of despair, typically one which results in rash or extreme behaviour.
• "she wrote to him in desperation"
Similar:
hopelessness,
despair,
distress,
anguish,
pain,
agony,
torment,
torture,
misery,
wretchedness,
disheartenment,
discouragement,
resignedness,
forlornness,
defeatism,
pessimism,
recklessness,
rashness,
impetuosity,
foolhardiness,
riskiness,
audacity,
boldness,
wildness,
imprudence,
injudiciousness,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin desperatio(n- ), from the verb desperare (see despair).
