Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The condition of being desperate.
- n. Recklessness arising from despair.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A despairing; hopelessness; despair.
- n. A desperate state of mind, either active or passive; recklessness arising from failure or misfortune; despairing rashness or fury: as, deeds of desperation.
- n. Synonyms See despair.
Wiktionary
- n. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
- n. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
- n. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
WordNet 3.0
- n. desperate recklessness
- n. a state in which all hope is lost or absent
Examples
“Does the term desperation come to mind?" he said.”
“Ya well her desperation is annoying to this "bitter typical white person" who still supports Obama and begs that Hillary end this madness.”
“As an example, one thing we teach is what we call a desperation trench.”
“UNIDENTIFIED MALE: One thing we teach is what we call a desperation trench.”
“Musharraf spent much of his time talking about what he called the desperation, hopelessness, and powerlessness of Muslims around the world, who see disputes like the one over Kashmir and the Palestinian people going unresolved.”
“Those senior officers, first and foremost, have to work within the budgetary constraints set by the MoD so their "desperation" is heavily qualified by the amount of money they have available.”
“Bush, in desperation is still atempting to to rally the people beind the “we have a job to do, we will keep the American people safe” credo … you know all it would take is another Al queda attack on US soil and Bush is back on top of the game … …. makes you wonder if he’s planning one now.”
Think Progress » Fitzgerald: Valerie Wilson Was “Classified” CIA Agent
“When parents come to him in desperation, he asks them three questions: Do they have custodial rights?”
“I pushed my morphine button more than 240 times one night in desperation even though medicine could only be dispensed every 10 minutes.”
The Huffington Post: Jill Steinberg: Testing BRCA1 Positive: What Happens Next
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ruzuzu reads it... nope May 16, 2010
bilby ion = rope? May 16, 2010
gangerh a rope ends it May 16, 2010