| Desperation 1. (n.) The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope. 2. (n.) A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury. Thesaurus Entries acedia, anguish, anxiety, anxiousness, apathy, cave of Trophonius, cave of despair, defeatism, dejection, depression, despair, desperateness, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, distress, foolhardiness, forlornness, gloom, heedlessness, hopelessness, impetuosity, imprudence, melancholy, misery, no exit, no way, no way out, pessimism, rashness, recklessness, sloth, sorrow, wretchedness |