Words and phrases that have a meaning related to desperation: (125 results)
Often used in the same context:
despair, frustration, hopelessness, urgency, helplessness, exasperation, impatience, disgust, opportunism, dejection, anguish, indifference, despondency, bravado, fatalism, naivety, powerlessness, weariness, selfishness, futility, unhappiness, cowardice, callousness, naivete, desolation, ruthlessness, angst, desperateness, ambivalence, misery, panic, disenchantment, cynicism, madness, contrition, irrationality, fearlessness, eagerness, stupidity, bitterness, apathy, disgruntlement, paranoia, heartlessness, anger, nervousness, indecision, disillusionment, discouragement, anxiousness, defiance, sympathy, lunacy, agony, vindictiveness, inevitability, gamesmanship, absurdity, wretchedness, emotion, emptiness, cowardliness, rootlessness, recklessness, stubbornness, tentativeness, arrogance, aggressiveness, depravity, disinterest, discontentment, timidness, sullenness, neediness, pessimism, hostility, fury, insecurity, insincerity, rashness, remorse, unease, bewilderment, malevolence, ineptitude, meanness, precariousness, joylessness, desire, despondence, empathy, wistfulness, ugliness, compassion, indignation, distress, betrayal, sanguinity, mindlessness, poetic justice, boastfulness, ennui, contentment, revulsion, loneliness, passion, perplexity, happiness, destitution, dismay, ecstasy, horror
Appears in the definition of:
despairingly, desperate, despondently, frightened, heroic, panic-stricken, panic-struck, panicked, panicky, terrified
More general:
Also try:condition, foolhardiness, status
— Adjectives for desperation: quiet, sheer, such, utter, economic, very, certain, wild, sudden, financial, near, more...
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