Word of the Day:
desperation
What It Means
The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
A state of despair, or utter hopelessness; abandonment of hope.
Reckless fury.
utter desperation
Desperation in Context
“"The PM’s private reassurances are worthless given her track record of u-turns and her clear desperation to cling to power."”
Did You Know?
From Middle English desperacion, desperacioun, desperation, disparacion, disperacion, disperacioun, dispiracioune, dysperacioun, from Middle French desperation and its etymon Latin dēspērātiō, dēspērātiōnis. By surface analysis, desperate + -ion.
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