Associations to the word «Desperation»

Wiktionary

DESPERATION, noun. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
DESPERATION, noun. A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.

Dictionary definition

DESPERATION, noun. A state in which all hope is lost or absent; "in the depths of despair"; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; "courage born of desperation".
DESPERATION, noun. Desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.