desperation

From Middle English desperacion, desperacioun, desperation, disparacion, disperacion, disperacioun, dispiracioune, dysperacioun, from Middle French desperation and its etymon Latin dēspērātiō, dēspērātiōnis.^[1][2] By surface analysis, desperate +‎ -ion.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛspəˈɹeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: des‧pe‧ra‧tion

desperation (countable and uncountable, plural desperations)

1. The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.

   in desperation

   utter desperation

2. A state of despair, or utter hopelessness; abandonment of hope.

   Synonyms: despair, despondency; see also Thesaurus:hopelessness

   • 1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “Economy”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 10:

     The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.

3. Reckless fury.
4. Ellipsis of bladder desperation.

• repedations

Borrowed from Latin desperatio, desperationis, from desperat +‎ -tion.

desperation c (singular definite desperationen, plural indefinite desperationer)

1. desperation

• This noun is rarely used in the plural; it is usually uncountable.

• frustration

• “desperation” in Den Danske Ordbog

desperation c

1. desperation

   känna desperation

   feel desperation

• desperat (“desperate”)

• desperation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• desperation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• desperation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)