desperation
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pəˈreɪ noun
2.
the act or fact of despairing; despair.
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| —n | |
| 1. | desperate recklessness |
| 2. | the act of despairing or the state of being desperate |
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Desperation
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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Word Origin & History
desperation
mid-14c., from L. desperationem, noun of action from desperare "lose hope" (see despair).
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Example sentences
Today, saving energy is less about fun than about simple and pure desperation.
He is tolerant of our desperation and answers our questions willingly enough.
These are desperate times, and desperate times call for desperation.
The feelings of loss and desperation really came through with your description of the events as they happened.
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