- Types Of Speech
- You can use desperation as a noun in a sentence.
- About Desperation
- A 4 syllables noun and 11 letters with the letters a, d, e, i, n, o, p, r, s, and t, 6 consonants, 5 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letter r. Desperation starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, de, des, desp, despe, and the ending characters are n, on, ion, tion, ation, ..
- Definition
- Desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle French
- Pig Latin
- Desperation in Pig Latin is said as "esperationday or esperationdway".
- Unigram
- d | e | s | p | e | r | a | t | i | o | n
- Bigram
- de | es | sp | pe | er | ra | at | ti | io | on
- Trigram
- des | esp | spe | per | era | rat | ati | tio | ion
- Quadrigram
- desp | espe | sper | pera | erat | rati | atio | tion
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- desperate recklessness;
"it was a policy of desperation" - a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly;
"they were rescued from despair at the last minute"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acedia | apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins) |
| Anguish | extreme mental distress |
| Anxiety | a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune |
| Anxiousness | a feeling of mild anxiety about possible developments |
| Apathy | the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally |
| Black Bile | |
| Cave Of Despair | |
| Cave Of Trophonius | |
| Defeatism | acceptance of the inevitability of defeat |
| Dejection | a state of melancholy depression |
View all cognitive synonyms for Desperation
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Desperation | desperate recklessness "it was a policy of desperation" |
| Esperantido | an artificial language based on Esperanto and Ido |
View English words with the unique letters used in desperation. Words With The Letters Adeinoprst
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Foolhardiness | the trait of giving little thought to danger |
| Rashness | the trait of giving little thought to danger |
| Recklessness | the trait of giving little thought to danger |
Desperation Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With N

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