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Synonyms for desperation
ˌdɛs pəˈreɪ ʃəndes·per·a·tion
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
desperation
Discouragement is the result of so much repulse or failure as wears out courage. Discouragements too frequent and long continued may produce a settled hopelessness. Hopelessness is negative, and may result from simple apathy; despondency and despair are more emphatic and decided. Despondency is an incapacity for the present exercise of hope; despair is the utter abandonment of hope. Despondency relaxes energy and effort and is always attended with sadness or distress; despair may produce a stony calmness, or it may lead to desperation. Desperation is energized despair, vigorous in action, reckless of consequences.
Synonyms:
despair, despondency, discouragement, hopelessnessAntonyms:
anticipation, assurance, cheer, confidence, courage, elation, encouragement, expectancy, expectation, hope, hopefulness, trust
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desperationnoun
Synonyms:
despair, hopelessness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
desperationnoun
Synonyms:
despair, hopelessness, recklessness
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List of paraphrases for "desperation":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#12669 | distress | |
#15811 | despair | |
#23875 | desperation | |
#48812 | hopelessness | |
#73210 | discouragement | |
#108546 | despondency |
How to use desperation in a sentence?
Desperate times calls for more than simply desperate measures. It calls for putting one's values aside till the desperation subsides" --Mental Hell, Chapter 3
Worsening conditions are driving growing numbers towards Europe and further afield, but the overwhelming majority remain in the region, we cannot afford to let them and the communities hosting them slide further into desperation.
Senator Schumer's rash, partisan power grab should be seen for what it is—desperation and a failure to do what Joe Biden and Democrats ran on: unify.
In my desperation to be a good mother I talked 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.
Despite the breathless coverage each new View Trump attack gets, this endless rotation of the same debunked smears isn't the product of strategic genius, it's a sign of myopia and desperation as each successive attempt backfires, re-elevating a massive View Trump liability while leaving View Trump campaign scrambling to find something new.
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- безнаде́ждност, отча́яниеBulgarian
- VerzweiflungGerman
- desesperaciónSpanish
- epätoivoFinnish
- désespoirFrench
- èiginnScottish Gaelic
- ייאושHebrew
- disperazioneItalian
- 絶望Japanese
- desperasjonNorwegian Nynorsk
- desperasjonNorwegian
- desperareRomanian
- отча́яние, безнадёжностьRussian
- desperationSwedish
- tuyệt vọngVietnamese
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