desperation

[US]/despə'reɪʃn/
[UK]/ˌdɛspə'reʃən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. despair; the state of being in a desperate situation

Phrases & Collocations

overwhelming desperation

Example Sentences

she wrote to him in desperation .

In desperation, I decided to try acupuncture.

In his desperation to escape, Tom had slipped and broken a leg.

Such is the power of a single prayer in desperation - and such is the benediction moon of Krsna's causeless mercy.

At the end of the film, the man becomes a thief out of sheer desperation.

You may find hopes and desperations, honesty and lies, stubbornness and wiliness there.

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